Jacqueline Wilson

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Jacqueline Wilson (born Jacqueline Aitken in Bath on December 17 1945) is a British author of children's books. Currently one of the bestselling authors in Britain, her books have won a range of prestigious awards, and been adapted for television and stage.

When she was a teenager, she started working with the Dundee-based publishing company DC Thomson on a new girls magazine Jackie, which was named after her.

Over 20 million copies of Wilson's books have been sold in the UK alone. In a poll conducted by the BBC, The Big Read, four books by Jacqueline Wilson were voted in the top 100 most popular books in Britain: Double Act, Girls In Love, Vicky Angel, and The Story of Tracy Beaker. In 2004 she replaced Catherine Cookson as the most borrowed author in Britain's libraries, a position she retained the following year. [link]

Girls in Love and The Story of Tracy Beaker have been adapted as TV serials.

In June 2002 Jacqueline Wilson was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools, and in May 2005 she was announced as the Children's Laureate.

Bibliography

Novels

• How to Survive Summer Camp (1985)
• Glubbslyme (1990)
• The Suitcase Kid (1992)
• Video Rose (1992)
• The Mum-Minder (1993)
• The Bed And Breakfast Star (1994)
• Cliffhanger (1995)
• The Dinosaur's Packed Lunch (1995)
• Double Act (1995)
• Bad Girls (1996)
• The Monster Story-Teller (1997)
• The Lottie Project (1997)
• Buried Alive! (1998)
• The Illustrated Mum (1999)
• Lizzie Zipmouth (2000)
• Vicky Angel (2000)
• Take a Good Look (2001)
• My Brother Bernadette (2001)
• The Cat Mummy (2001)
• Sleepovers (2001)
• Dustbin Baby (2001)
• Secrets (2002)
• The Worry Website (2002)
• Lola Rose (2003)
• Midnight (2003)
• Best Friends (2004)
• The Diamond Girls (2004)
• Video Rose and Mark Spark (2005)
• Clean Break (2005)
• Best Friends (2005)
• Love Lessons (2005)
• Candyfloss (novel) (2006)

Chapbooks

• Twin Trouble (1994)
• Mr Cool (1996)
• Connie and the Water Babies (1996)
• Jimmy Jelly (1999)

Non-Fiction

• The Jacqueline Wilson Diary 2002 (2001)
• Jacqueline Wilson Journal (2001)
• Jacqueline Wilson Address Book (2002)
• Jacqueline Wilson Diary 2003 (2002)
• Jacqueline Wilson Diary 2004 (2003)

External links

• [Children's Laureate website]
• [Fantastic Fiction]
• [Jacqueline Wilson author page] by Guardian Unlimited
• [Author's page at Random House]
• [An interview with Wilson]

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