Lauren Castillo

Lauren Castillo is an author and illustrator of children's literature. In 2015, she won the Caldecott Honor for her watercolor illustrations in her book "Nana in the City". She illustrated the children's book "Twenty Yawns", written by novelist Jane Smiley and published in 2016.
In 2016, she and collaborator Lisa Graff interviewed each other in "Publishers Weekly". In September 2020 she wrote in the "New York Times" about three illustrated novels featuring animal characters.