Lauren Child

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lauren Child
Occupation	Children's Author
Date Of Birth	Nov 29, 1965(1965-11-29)
Age	59
Birthplace	Berkshire
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Scorpio

Lauren Child Biography

Lauren Child is one of the most popular and richest Children's Author who was born on November 29, 1965 in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom. Illustrator and writer who was awarded the Kate Greenaway Award of the Library Association for her work “I will not ever Never eat a tomato.” Her most well-known work is the Charlie as well as Lola picture books, as in addition to her Clarice Bean novel and picture book series.

She created as well as illustrated The Princess and the Pea which was inspired by The Princess and the Pea, adapted from She wrote and illustrated The Princess and the Pea, adapted from the Hans Christian Andersen tale of the same name. tale with the same title.

Lauren Child MBE (born Helen Child; 29 November 1965) is an English children’s author and illustrator. She is known for her book series, such as the Charlie and Lola picture books, the Clarice Bean series and the Ruby Redfort novel series. Influences include E. H. Shepard, Quentin Blake, Carl Larsson, and Ludwig Bemelmans.

Two picture books both written and illustrated by Child were published in 1999, and also issued in the U.S. within the year: I Want a Pet! and Clarice Bean, That’s Me. The latter, published by Orchard Books, inaugurated the Clarice Bean series, was a highly commended runner-up for the Greenaway Medal, and made the Nestlé Smarties Book Prize shortlist. Next year she won the Greenaway Medal for the first Charlie and Lola book, I Will Not Ever, NEVER Eat a Tomato. Her timing was good, for a bequest by Colin Mears had provided a £5,000 cash prize to supplement the medal beginning that year. She won a second Smarties Prize in 2002 for That Pesky Rat, which was commended for the Greenaway too. In the same year she wrote her first children’s novel, Utterly Me, Clarice Bean, one of 39 books nominated by the librarians for the Carnegie Medal. Her second novel in this series, Clarice Bean Spells Trouble was shortlisted for the 2005 British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year. The third novel, Clarice Bean, Don’t Look Now was published in 2007.

The actress was born Helen Child in London, England she was reared at Marlborough, Wiltshire. She was the daughter of a school teacher, and his father served as the director of the department of art of Marlborough College. The middle daughter from three sisters.

Lauren Child Net Worth

Lauren Child is one of the richest Children's Author from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lauren Child 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She studied at Marlborough College, Manchester Polytechnic and the City and Guilds of London Art School. She launched her own company for lampshades named Chandeliers for the People before working for a design company known as Big Fish.

She created the six books in the Ruby Redfort series all between the years 2011 and 2015.

Lauren Child was born in 1965 and was raised in Marlborough, Wiltshire, where her father led the art department at Marlborough College and her mother taught primary school. Helen was the middle child of three daughters. She later changed her first name to Lauren. She attended St John’s School and, from 16, Marlborough College. She studied Art briefly at Manchester Polytechnic and later at City and Guilds of London Art School. She started her own company, Chandeliers for the People, making lampshades. Between 1998 and 2003 she worked for the design agency Big Fish and includes its founder Perry Haydn Taylor in the dedications of her books.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Lauren Child Dating?

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The first book in the series, Ruby Redfort: Look Into My Eyes was released in September 2011 in hard back, with the paperback version released in July 2012.

Facts & Trivia

Lauren Ranked on the list of most popular Children's Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Lauren Child celebrates birthday on November 29 of every year.

A secondary Ruby book, Ruby Redfort, Take Your Last Breath was followed by a third, Catch Your Death. A fourth Ruby novel, Feel the Fear was released on 18 November 2014. A fifth book was released on 9 November 2015 titled Pick Your Poison. The sixth and final book, Blink and You Die, was released in October 2016.

Top Facts about Lauren Child

1. Lauren Margot Peachy Child (born Helen Child) is an English children’s author and illustrator.
2. Her first book was published in 1999 and she won the Kate Greenaway Medal for the picture book I Will Not Ever, Never Eat a Tomato in 2000.
3. She is the illustrator of the Definitely Daisy series by Jenny Oldfield.
4. She won the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year for Clarice Bean Spells Trouble in 2005.
5. Charlie and Lola has been sold throughout the world, and won BAFTAs in 2007 for Best children’s Television Show and Best Script.
6. She was the cover artist for all three volumes and the author of at least the first volume’s introduction for the Ruby Redfort series.
7. She changed her first name from Helen to Lauren when she was a child.
8. She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2010 New Year Honours and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2021 Birthday Honours for services to children’s literature.
9. Her influences include E. H. Shepard, Quentin Blake, Carl Larsson, and Ludwig Bemelmans.
10. She wrote her first children’s novel, Utterly Me, Clarice Bean in 2002.
11. Her second novel in the Clarice Bean series was shortlisted for the British Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year in 2005.
12. She was announced as the new Children’s Laureate for the UK on 7 June 2017 at a ceremony at Hull City Hall.
13. Charlie and Lola was based on her boyfriend, Soren, and a pixie-looking girl Child saw on a train.
14. The secret codes used in the Ruby Redfort series were developed by Child and mathematician Marcus du Sautoy.
15. The first handbook in the Ruby Redfort series is Hang in There Bozo: The Ruby Redfort Emergency Survival Guide for Some Tricky Predicaments.

How old is Lauren Child?

56 years (November 29, 1965)

How many sisters does Lauren child have?

She had two sisters and loved guinea pigs. Child had a hard time deciding what she wanted to do for a career. She did odd jobs for many years until she wrote her first children’s book.

Will there be a ruby Redfort movie?

We are incredibly excited to present the first-ever theatrical adaptation of the Ruby Redfort series by new Children’s Laureate, Lauren Child! Director Madeleine Perham and her creative team will be taking ‘Ruby Redfort’ to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this August!

What happens in Ruby Redfort look into my eyes?

Summary: Thirteen-year-old Ruby, a genius code-cracker and daring detective, gets an anonymous call setting a challenge that leads her to the headquarters of Spectrum, a highly secret anti-crime agency that needs her help to crack a code, but soon Ruby uncovers dastardly plans of the Fool’s Gold Gang.

Does Lauren child have a child?

Tuesday Child