2025 | Children's Publishing
| Professional
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She/ Her - Why did you create this work?
At Home in a Book is a peek inside the world of nine classic children's books - letting you step into iconic houses and explore their stories.
Each title is illustrated with a cutaway illustration; you can look inside each room, see characters and pore over details.
Featuring Alice in Wonderland, Anne of Green Gables, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The Wizard of Oz, Heidi, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Little Princess, Little Women and Peter Pan. This project was self initiated. - How were your illustrations used?
80 page fully illustrated hardback book. - What materials and techniques did you use?
Traditional media including watercolours, inks, gouache and finished in photoshop. - Was this project commissioned?
Commissioned - Commissioner Name
Andrea MacDonald - Commissioner Company
Puffin Books UK - Commissioner Instagram
@puffinbooksuk - Agent
Angharad Kowal Stannus - Agent Instagram
angharadks - Personal Website or Portfolio Link
nataliaandlauren.com/
- Instagram
@oharasisters - Biography
LAUREN O'HARA is a Dublin- based illustrator, originally from the north of England. As well as collaborating with her writer sister, Natalia, on Once Upon a Fairytale and Hortense and the Shadow she has illustrated books by Sophie Dahl, Vivian French, and with the Royal Opera House. Lauren has three times been nominated for the CILIP Kate Greenaway award. Her book Madame Badobedah with author Sophie Dahl was the Guardian's book of the year. - Where are you currently based?
Ireland
