Working: How Children’s Book Creators Natalia and Lauren O’Hara Balance Art and Family

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🗓️ 17 April 2022

⏱️ 54 minutes

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This week, host June Thomas talks to sisters Natalia and Lauren O’Hara, who work as an author/illustrator team to create children’s books like Hortense and the Shadow and Frindleswylde. In the interview, Natalia and Lauren discuss their collaborative relationship, their early exposure to fairy tales, and misconceptions about gender in children’s book publishing. After the interview, June and co-host Isaac Butler talk about sibling relationships and what it’s like to collaborate with a close friend or family member. In the exclusive Slate Plus segment, June asks Natalia and Lauren if they ever include Easter eggs for parents in their books. Then the three of them discuss Northern English accents and rhyming words. Send your questions about creativity and any other feedback to working@slate.com or give us a call at (304) 933-9675. Podcast production by Cameron Drews. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Big Mood, Little Mood—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on Working. Sign up now at slate.com/workingplus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's happening. They've all overheard.
0:02.1	All I wanted was a little low-key mook delivery, me and my brother.
0:05.1	But Mum's piped in with her.
0:06.3	Oh, I'm in.
0:07.3	Filly a fish in a Diet Coke, no ice.
0:09.1	And Dad's muscled in with his.
0:10.5	Yes, I'm in. Big Mac with fries and strawberry milkshake, please.
0:13.8	Now I give my brother a little eye roll.
0:15.7	Oh well, family dinner it is.
0:17.2	At least I can steal some of Dad's fries.
0:19.1	There's nothing quite like a mook delivery.
0:20.9	Order on the McDonald's app.
0:22.3	You in?
0:24.3	At participating restaurants only, 18 plus.
0:26.3	Soving time to delivery fees in terms of supply.
0:28.1	See app on McDonald's.com for details.
0:40.7	The way that conflict is playing out in our work relationship
0:45.2	is very similar to what would be happening in our personal relationships.
0:48.5	I think it's that what's a therapist call it, the core scene,
0:51.2	the arguments that you come back to again and again.
0:53.3	And I think resolving that within our work
0:55.9	has been really healthy for us.
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