Author of the Month
Malorie
Blackman – November 2015
Malorie Blackman OBE, is a British
award winning author who primarily writes literature and television drama for
children and young adults. She has won more than 15 awards and her work has
been translated into over fifteen languages including German, Welsh, French and
Japanese.
Malorie wanted to be an English
teacher but trained to be a systems programmer instead. Her first book was a
collection of horror and science fiction stories for young adults, which was
published in November 1990. Since her first publication she has written more
than sixty books.
Her award winning Noughts &
Crosses series explores love, racism and violence. Noughts & Crosses got more votes in the
BBC's Big Read List than Terry Pratchett and Lord of the Flies.
In June 2013 Malorie was announced
as the new Children's Laureate. In 2014 she joined other authors in supporting
the ‘Let Books Be Books' campaign which is trying to stop children's books
being labelled as for boys and for girls.
Malorie now lives with her Husband
and Daughter in Kent. In her free time she likes to play piano, play computer
games and write poetry.
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