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Malorie Blackman

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About Malorie Blackman

Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015, Malorie Blackman is the author of the multi-award-winning Noughts and Crosses series, which deals with issues of race and ethnic identity. She has written many books for children and teenagers, including Pig-Heart Boy, which was shortlisted for the CILIP Carnegie Medal and adapted into a BAFTA-winning television series. Blackman is particularly celebrated for writing about a diverse range of characters, including those who are often marginalised in society, such as teenage fathers in her novel Boys Don't Cry. In 2008 she was honoured with an OBE for her services to children's literature.

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World Creativity and Innovation Day

A book to inspire children, Operation Gadgetman! by Malorie Blackman from Penguin Random House Children's UK.

4 days ago

World Creativity and Innovation Day

Looking for books that help you discover and explore? Try Operation Gadgetman! by Malorie Blackman. Published by Yearling.

4 days ago

International Moment of Laughter Day

and laugh out loud this #InternationalMomentofLaughterDay Betsey Biggalow the Detective by Malorie Blackman from Red Fox

11 days ago

International Moment of Laughter Day

and laugh out loud this #InternationalMomentofLaughterDay Magic Betsey by Malorie Blackman from Penguin Random House Children's UK

11 days ago

International Moment of Laughter Day

and laugh out loud this #InternationalMomentofLaughterDay Magic Betsey by Malorie Blackman from Red Fox

11 days ago

International Moment of Laughter Day

and laugh out loud this #InternationalMomentofLaughterDay Hurricane Betsey by Malorie Blackman from Red Fox

11 days ago

International Moment of Laughter Day

and laugh out loud this #InternationalMomentofLaughterDay We're Going to Find the Monster by Malorie Blackman from Penguin Random House Children's UK

11 days ago

International Moment of Laughter Day

and laugh out loud this #InternationalMomentofLaughterDay We're Going to Find the Monster by Malorie Blackman from Puffin

11 days ago

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