Winner of Kate Greenaway Medal 2001 and Smarties Book Prize 2002. Commended for Smarties Book Prize 2001. Shortlisted for British Book Award 2002.

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Lauren Child is the multi-talented prize-winning creator of the characters Charlie and Lola and Clarice Bean as well as the collaborator on the sumptuous The Princess and the Pea with photographer Polly Borland. She has won the Smarties Gold Award, Smarties Bronze Award, Kate Greenaway Medal and has been shortlisted for the Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. Lauren lives in London.