Jacqueline Wilson

English novelist · United Kingdom · Writers · Born 1945 · age 80

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Dame Jacqueline Wilson is an English novelist known for her children's literature. Her novels have tackled realistic topics such as adoption and divorce. Since her debut novel in 1969, Wilson has written more than 100 books.

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2024Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British EmpireAward2005Children's LaureateAwardChildren's LaureateOffice2005-20072004Eleanor Farjeon AwardAward2003National Book Awards Children's Book of the YearAward2000Guardian Children's Fiction PrizeAwardNational Book Awards Children's Book of the YearAwardNestlé Children's Book PrizeAward1995Nestlé Children's Book PrizeAward1945Born17 December 1945

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It is strange…that sometimes people assume the worst of children if they come from poor families.
On what she loves the most about the music business in "Jacqueline Wilson interview: "People say my books are all sex and drugs, but I, Own words
I’ve tried hard…I don't know … my experience of my own dad and my own ex-husband possibly has some effect. I will remedy this. It is very unfair.
On why the lack of positive father figures in her novels in "Jacqueline Wilson: 'I've never really been in any kind of closet'", The, Own words
My mum would have loved Shirley Temple as a daughter - full of confidence, tap-dancing all over the place in flouncy clothes, and showing off.
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