Malorie Blackman
A prolific and successful writer for young adults ...
Malorie Blackman was born in London in 1962, and has spent most of her life there. She went to Honor Oak Grammar School and then went to Huddersfield where she undertook a course in business studies.
She qualified in Computer Science and followed a successful career in computing, before becoming a writer at the age of 28. Her first published book was Not So Stupid! (1990), a book of short stories. Since then she has written many books and scripts, and her popularity has steadily grown. Her scripts for television include several episodes of Byker Grove, Whizziwig and Pig-Heart Boy, and she has also written original dramas for CITV and BBC Education. Her stage play, The Amazing Birthday, was performed in 2002.
Malorie's most well-known books for young adults are: Noughts And Crosses (2001); Knife Edge (2004); and Checkmate (2005), which form the Noughts And Crosses trilogy - the tale of two teenagers. In 2004 she also wrote a novel entirely in verse, Cloud Busting, which won a Nestlé Smarties Book Prize the same year. Double Cross was published in 2009 and her latest book is Boys Don't Cry.
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Name: Malorie Blackman
Date of birth: 1962
Place of birth: London
Current Home: Kent
Similar Authors: Jacqueline Wilson, Louise Rennison
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Boys Don't Cry
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In Boys Don't Cry, bestselling author Malorie Blackman explores the unchartered territory of teenage fatherhood. You're waiting for the postman - he's bringing your A level results. University, a career as a journalist - a glittering...
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Double Cross
| Format: | Paperback 448 pages |
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| Published: | 06/08/2009 |
| Publisher: | Corgi Childrens |
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Just this once ...Please let me get away with it just this once...Tobey wants a better life - for him and his girlfriend Callie Rose. He wants... Read more
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The Stuff of Nightmares
| Format: | Paperback 352 pages |
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| Published: | 03/07/2008 |
| Publisher: | Corgi Childrens |
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Kyle has always been afraid of things, especially dying. But when he gets on the train that is taking him and his class on a school trip, he has no... Read more
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Checkmate
| Format: | Paperback 512 pages |
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| Published: | 07/09/2006 |
| Publisher: | Corgi Childrens |
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Can the future ever erase the past? Rose has a Cross mother and a nought father in a society where the pale-skinned noughts are treated as inferiors... Read more
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Noughts and Crosses
| Format: | Paperback 480 pages |
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| Published: | 08/08/2006 |
| Publisher: | Corgi Childrens |
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Sephy is a Cross - a member of the dark-skinned ruling class. Callum is a nought - a 'colourless' member of the underclass who were once... Read more
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Knife Edge
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| Published: | 30/06/2005 |
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Sephy is a Cross, one of the privileged in a society where the ruling Crosses treat the pale-skinned noughts as inferiors. But her baby daughter has... Read more
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