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Malorie Blackman


UK flag (b.1962)

Malorie Blackman worked as a database manager and systems programmer before becoming a full-time writer. Her reputation has steadily grown and she has been awarded a number of prizes including the WHSmith's Mind-Boggling Books Award and the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 award for Hacker the Young Telegraph/Fully Booked award for Theif! and, more recently, shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal for Pig-Heart Boy. She was voted Voice/Excel Children's Writer of the Year in 1997. Her novel Noughts and Crosses has won both the Children's Book Award and the Lancashire Children's Book Award 2002. THE TIMES recently described her as 'a bit of a national treasure.'
 


Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Fiction
 
Series
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Deadly Dare Mysteries
   1. Deadly Dare (1995)
   2. Computer Ghost (1997)
   3. Lie Detectives (1998)
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Whizziwig
   Whizziwig (1998)
   Whizziwig Returns (1999)
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Noughts and Crosses
   1. Noughts and Crosses (2001)
     aka Black & White
   1.5. An Eye for An Eye (2003)
   1.6. Callum (2012)
   2. Knife Edge (2004)
   3. Checkmate (2005)
   4. Double Cross (2008)
   Nought Forever (2019)
   5. Crossfire (2019)
   6. Endgame (2021)
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Novels
   Trust Me (1992)
   Hacker (1992)
   Operation Gadgetman (1993)
   Thief! (1995)
   A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E. (1996)
   Dangerous Reality (1999)
   Tell Me No Lies (1999)
   Dead Gorgeous (2002)
   Cloud Busting (2004)
   The Stuff of Nightmares (2007)
   Noble Conflict (2013)
   Chasing the Stars (2016)
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Collections
   Not So Stupid! (1990)
   Words Last Forever (1998)
   Aesop's Fables Retold (1998)
   Shining on (2006) (with others)
   Free? (2009) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
   Jon For Short (2013)
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Anthologies edited
   Unheard Voices (2007)
   Love Hurts (2015)
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Series contributed to
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Doctor Who
   12 Doctors 12 Stories (2014) (with others)
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Picture Books show
 
Graphic Novels show
 
Chapter Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Books containing stories by Malorie Blackman
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Thirteen Doctors 13 Stories (2019)
(Doctor Who)
edited by
Naomi Alderman
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New Daughters of Africa (2019)
An International Anthology of Writing By Women of African Descent
edited by
Margaret Busby

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Award nominations
2020 YA Book Prize (nominee) : Crossfire
2019 Costa Book Award for Children's Book (nominee) : Crossfire
2017 YA Book Prize (nominee) : Chasing the Stars


Malorie Blackman recommends
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The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho (2022)
Paterson Joseph
"Phenomenal! Highly recommended."
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The Black Flamingo (2019)
Dean Atta
"I loved every word."
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Straight Outta Crongton (2017)
(Crongton, book 3)
Alex Wheatle
"Gripping."

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