Lara Jones

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Lara Jones is a British artist, author and illustrator. She has published many books but is best known for her Poppy Cat series which are published by MacMillan/Campbell Books. These books, for the very young, have sold in 20 languages and well over a million copies.

Jones was awarded the 2004 Sheffield Baby Book prize (bronze) and then a Booktrust Early Years Award for "Poppy Cat's Farm" in 2005.

She studied art at Cheltenham College of Fine Art and went on to work at the Royal Academy and the Inkshed artists' agency before becoming a fulltime writer and illustrator.

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