Laura Freeman

Laura Freeman is a children's book illustrator. She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.[1] She has illustrated many books, and done work for Highlights for Children. In a review of the picture book version of Hidden Figures, writing for School Library Journal, Megan Kilgallen said "Freeman’s full-color illustrations are stunning and chock-full of details, incorporating diagrams, mathematical formulas, and space motifs throughout... enhancing the whole book."[2] She shared the 2019 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work: Children with writer Margot Lee Shetterly for Hidden Figures.[3]

A native of New York City, she was the older of two girls born to African-American father, James Freeman, and Russian-Jewish mother, Gertrude. Her sister is the singer Roberta Freeman.

References
  1. "African American Literature Book Club". Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  2. Kilgallen, Megan (March 2018). "Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race". School Library Journal. 64 (3): 140. Retrieved 2018-02-05 – via EBSCO.
  3. "2019 NAACP Image Awards Winners Complete List". March 30, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2020.


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