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Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman
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Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman pursued computer science before becoming a full-time writer. She gained phenomenal success with her first book, Hacker, which won two major UK children's awards, and has gone on to write a number of other award-winning children's books. An avid reader, musician, cineaste, and Net surfer in her spare time, Malorie lives in South London with her husband and their daughter, Elizabeth.

Naughts & Crosses will be released on October 27, 2009 in
Oct 27, 2009
Naughts & Crosses is now available in
Oct 27, 2009
Excerpt:
Chapter 49 from Black & White
Jan 29, 2009
News:
Black & White has won an award
Jan 29, 2009
News:
Black & White has won an award
Jan 29, 2009
News:
Black & White has won an award
Jan 29, 2009
News:
Black & White has won an award
Jan 29, 2009
News:
Black & White has won an award
Jan 29, 2009
Knife Edge will be released on July 24, 2007 in Hardcover
Jul 24, 2007
Knife Edge is now available in Hardcover
Jul 24, 2007
Knife Edge will be released on July 24, 2007 in
Jul 24, 2007
Knife Edge is now available in
Jul 24, 2007
Naughts & Crosses will be released on January 09, 2007 in Trade Paperback
Jan 09, 2007
Naughts & Crosses is now available in Trade Paperback
Jan 09, 2007
Black & White will be released on January 09, 2007 in
Jan 09, 2007
Black & White is now available in
Jan 09, 2007

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The Scotsman, April 23, 2012
...you’re reading this, as I’m due to visit a young woman who will almost certainly love Malorie Blackman’s Boys Don’t Cry, a teenage radical who will lap up George Orwell’s Animal Farm and a girl in need of some laughs, which Jeff Kinney’s...
Harrow Observer, April 20, 2012
...of her own..." Francisca is a keen reader, and her favourite book is Pig Heart Boy by Malorie Blackman. She added: "My friends and family have been really supportive, and they are really excited about it."...
Times Education Supplement, April 6, 2012
...would sit and laugh until it hurt reading The Twits. Other favourites were Jacqueline Wilson’s books and Malorie Blackman’s Noughts and Crosses - it describes an alternative history in which Europeans became the slaves of Africans. I love to read but...
Guardian.co.uk, March 23, 2012
...more appropriate for six-year-olds. "They must have been about eight, and were already on to Jacqueline Wilson and Malorie Blackman," she says. "They were too sophisticated already, and Blyton, I'm afraid, was too twee for them, too archaic." This is...
Guardian.co.uk, March 12, 2012
...Comedian Robin Ince Comedian Josie Long Comedian Jenny Eclair Comedian Rebecca Front Actress Justin Edwards Actor and writer Malorie Blackman Author Jean Ure Author Berlie Doherty Author Beverley Naidoo Author Jamila Gavin Author Alan Gibbons...
New Statesman, March 8, 2012
...great author they once read or wished they had. Sometimes you'll hear me, Philip Pullman, Michael Morpurgo, Malorie Blackman, Beverley Naidoo, Bali Rai, Melvin Burgess, Anne Fine, Alan Gibbons and many other authors expressing their misgivings about some...
Guardian.co.uk, March 2, 2012
...'If you love reading stories packed with action and atmosphere, you'll really love Thief!' This is the story of twelve-year-old Lydia Henson who has just moved to a town called Tarwich. The story begins with Lydia talking to a girl called Anne in the...
Telegraph, February 29, 2012
...Day App, featuring exclusive new digital-only content from bestselling teenage writers such as Anthony Horowitz, Charlie Higson and Malorie Blackman will soon be available to download for free from Apples App store. The winner of Storytelling Superstar -...
Guardian.co.uk, February 29, 2012
...free tomorrow with a £1 World Book Day token, while a free World Book Day app will see Malorie Blackman add to her popular Noughts and Crosses world in an exclusive new story. The app also features fresh material from Charlie Higson, Gaiman and...
Telegraph, February 29, 2012
...Day App, featuring exclusive new digital-only content from bestselling teenage writers such as Anthony Horowitz, Charlie Higson and Malorie Blackman will soon be available to download for free from Apples App store. The winner of Storytelling Superstar -...
Guardian.co.uk, February 23, 2012
...'What I enjoyed most were the characters - so beautifully drawn that you can really believe that these people exist' WARNING: NOT SUITABLE FOR YOUNGER READERS The first book in a superb trilogy of discrimination and injustice, set in a world where...
Times Education Supplement, February 23, 2012
...and the other for secondary schools. Contains six brand new stories by top teen authors including Charlie Higson, Malorie Blackman, Anthony Horowitz and Neil Gaiman plus sample chapters, videos and news that will be updated throughout the year. At the...
Milton Keynes Citizen, February 15, 2012
...Day App, featuring exclusive new digital-only content from bestselling teenage writers such as Anthony Horowitz, Charlie Higson and Malorie Blackman will be also available to download for free from Apple’s App store from 23 February. Meanwhile The...