Laura Freeman

Laura Freeman is a children's book illustrator. She received her BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. 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." She shared the 2019 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Children with writer Margot Lee Shetterly for ''Hidden Figures''. Provided by Wikipedia