Lauren Child

Lauren Margot Peachy Child (born Helen Child; 1965) is an English children's author and illustrator best known for the Charlie and Lola picture book series, the Clarice Bean series, and the Ruby Redfort novels. Her debut Charlie and Lola book, I Will Not Ever Never Eat A Tomato (2000), won the Kate Greenaway Medal, and she has received multiple Nestlé Smarties Book Prizes, served as Waterstones Children's Laureate (2017-2019), and was appointed CBE for services to children's literature.Lauren Child