About Lauren

Lauren is an illustrator, graphic designer, artist and educator. Based in her home studio in Adelaide, South Australia, Lauren spends her time illustrating children's books, exploring the natural world and developing workshops in art, drawing fundamentals and environment design.

Lauren has illustrated a number of children's books, with her latest picture book ‘Fearless Finn’ written by fellow South Australian author Kristin Martin, due for release in 2026. With a background in advertising, marketing and graphic design, she has developed graphics for a number of educational publications, programmed marketing campaigns and contributed to a number of commercial projects. ​She loves visiting schools and running illustration workshops, where children have a hands on experience creating their own designs and characters.

Lauren is passionate about the publishing industry and was previously the Regional Coordinator of South Australia for SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writer's and Illustrators) and the Program Manager for Writers SA.