Report on Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman was born in February 1962 in London. While at grammar school, in Peckham, she wanted to be an English teacher but grew up to become a systems programmer instead. Malorie Blackman married her Scottish husband, Neil, in the 1990s and their daughter, Elizabeth, was born in 1995. Malorie Blackman has written more than fifty children’s books and is planning on writing for many years to come. Her work has won over fifteen awards and continuous praise in reviews.

                         
                        Not only does Malorie write books and short stories but she is also a play and script writer. Malorie Blackmans television scripts include episodes of the children's drama Byker Grove, as well as television adaptations of her novels Whizziwig and Pig-Heart Boy. Her books have been translated into over fifteen languages including Spanish, Welsh, German, Japanese, Chinese and French.
                           
                   

                          Her first novel, Not So Stupid!, was a selected title for the 1991 Feminist Book Fortnight, and Malorie participated in the first BBC TV Black Women’s Screenwriting Workshop in 1991.    
                              Malorie’s new book, entitled Unheard Voices, published in March 2007, is based on the theme of slavery, to mark the 200th anniversary of the termination of the slave trade act in Britain.



Malorie Blackman's award-winning Noughts & Crosses series, exploring love, racism, and violence, is set in a fictional despair. The story is followed by the short story of An Eye For An Eye then Knife Edge.

*ACHIEVMENTS OF MALORIE* *BLACKMAN*
1994   WH Smith Mind-Boggling Book Award   Hacker
1994   Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 Children's Book of the Year Award   Hacker
1996   Young Telegraph/Fully Booked Children's Book of the Year Award   Thief!
1997   Excelle/Write Thing Children's Author of the Year Award
1997   Stockport Children's Book Award   (Key Stage 3)...