Background
Lara Kate Jones, was born in Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire and spent her childhood in Shropshire. Her father was Ivan Jones the best selling fiction writer and poet, and her mother Mal Lewis Jones was also a children"s writer
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Lara Jones
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Lara studied art at Canterbury College of Art and then at Cheltenham College and went on to work at the Royal Academy and the Inkshed artists" agency before becoming a full-time writer and illustrator.
Career
She is best remembered for her Poppy Cat series of books, written for the very young, which have been published in 20 languages and sold over two and a half million copies.
Achievements
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Jones was awarded the 2004 Sheffield Baby Book prize (bronze) and then a Booktrust Early Years Award for "Poppy Cat"s Farm" in 2005. "Poppy Cat Hug" won the Bronze Award at the Right Start Best Toy Award 2006 and "Swap the Scene Poppy Cat" is a recent Bronze Award winner of the Practical Parenting Award 2006.
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March 26, 2010 (aged 35) -
Nationality
British