| Jacqueline Wilson, born Jacqueline Aitken is a British | | | | have been adapted as television series include Girls in |
| author of children's books. Her books have topped the | | | | Love, Best Friends and The Story of Tracy Beaker. |
| bestsellers list in Britain and have won several | | | | This noted writer has published great bestsellers and |
| prestigious awards. Many of her books have also | | | | has got many awards to her credit, including Smarties |
| been adapted for television and stage. | | | | Prize and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. Her |
| Born in Bath, Somerset in 1945, she initially started | | | | book The Illustrated Mum won the Guardian Children's |
| working in a Dundee-based publishing company, DC | | | | Fiction Award as well as 1999 Children's Book of the |
| Thomson on a girl's magazine Jackie. According to a | | | | Year at the British Book Awards. Apart from that The |
| legend, the magazine was named after the author but | | | | Story of Tracy Beaker won the 2002 Blue Peter |
| this was denied outrightly by the once involved with | | | | People's Choice Award. Her other noted |
| the magazine. | | | | achievements inlcude the conferring of Order of the |
| About the style of her writing one can say that her | | | | British Empire for services to literacy in schools. Also, in |
| books are typically realistic and take the British children | | | | 2007 her contribution to children's literature was |
| and their problems as the focal point. From the death | | | | recognised and she was awared an Honorary |
| of a pet to divorce, and from homelessness to abuse, | | | | Doctorate by Roehampton University. |
| all pertinent problems faced by children in UK are | | | | You don't have to go too far to buy books by |
| picked up by her in books such as The Cat Mummy, | | | | Jacqueline Wilson. Search the World Wide Web and |
| The Suitcase Kid, The Bed and Breakfast Star and | | | | her bestseller collection would be delivered at your |
| Secrets. Majority of the books written by Jacqueline | | | | door. |
| Wilson are in first person narrative. Her books that | | | | |