Laura Watson lives and works in the leafy neighbourhood of Riverdale, in Toronto, Canada, in a narrow 100-year-old house with her husband, teenaged daughter and a rambunctious redbone coonhound. Laura attended art school at York University for Fine Art, and at Sheridan College for Illustration. Since then, Laura has created lighthearted and whimsical illustrations for children's books and magazines, greeting cards and stationery, restaurant and retail applications, and various children's products. She works with bright, textured swatches of colour, illustrated vintage type and other collaged elements in a digitally compiled method that still looks hand painted.

Clients: Scholastic, Chronicle Books, Girls' World Magazine, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Capstone, Chirp Magazine, Cricket Media, Highlights for Kids, Educational Insights, Lake Press, McGraw Hill Education, Miles Kelly, Orca Books, Pearson Education, Quarto, Russ Reid, National Geographic