Malorie Blackman

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British author, Children's Laureate

United Kingdom WritersBorn 1962 · age 64

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Dame Oneta Malorie Blackman is a British writer who held the position of Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She primarily writes literature and television drama for children and young adults.

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2022PEN Pinter Prize

2009Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature

2008Officer of the Order of the British Empire

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Patrick RobinsonAlso in Pig Heart Boy (1999)

Mona HammondAlso in Pig Heart Boy (1999)

Tsitsi DangarembgaAlso won PEN Pinter Prize

Linton Kwesi JohnsonAlso won PEN Pinter Prize

Raif BadawiAlso won PEN Pinter Prize James FentonAlso won PEN Pinter Prize

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Dame Oneta Malorie Blackman is a British writer who held the position of Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She primarily writes literature and television drama for children and young adults. She has used science fiction to explore social and ethical issues, for example, her Noughts and Crosses series uses the setting of a fictional alternative Britain to explore racism. Blackman has been the recipient of many honours for her work, including the 2022 PEN Pinter Prize. She was made a dame in the King's 2026 Birthday Honours, for services to literature.

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