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Malorie Blackman
, b. 1962
Malorie Blackman is an award-winning author of over 70 books for children and young adults, including Pig-Heart Boy, the Noughts & Crosses series and the Betsey Biggalow series. She also writes for stage and television, and many of her works have been adapted. Honours for Blackman and her work include the Eleanor Farjeon Award (2005) and an OBE for services to children’s literature (2008). Blackman was the UK Children’s Laureate from 2013–2015, the first Black British writer to hold this position. In late 2019 she announced her forthcoming autobiography, to be published by Stormzy’s Merky Books in 2022.
Sources:
penguin.co.uk (accessed: February 9, 2020);
bbc.co.uk (accessed: February 9, 2020).
Bio prepared by Sarah Hardstaff, University of Cambridge, sflh2@cam.ac.uk
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