Malorie Blackman

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Malorie Blackman (born 8 February 1962) is a British writer who served as the Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015.

She writes mainly for children and young adults.

She has used science fiction to investigate socioeconomic and ethical questions.

Her critically and widely acclaimed Noughts and Crosses collection explores bigotry in the setting of a fictional dystopia.

Early life

Malorie Blackman was born in Clapham, London, and grew up in Bromley, one of five siblings. Her parents, who were both from Barbados, had to come to Britain as part of the "Windrush generation,"; her father was a bus driver and her mother worked in a pyjama factory. Malorie wanted to be an English tutor at school, but instead she became a systems programmer. She earned a B.C. degree at Thames Polytechnic and attended the National Film and Television School.

Personal life

Malorie Blackman lives with her husband and daughter in Kent, England. In her free time, she likes to play piano, compose, play computer games, and write poetry. Verna Wilkins' biography of children includes her child.

In March 2014, Blackman joined other influential writers in promoting the Let Books Be Books campaign, which aims to avoid children's books from being labeled "for girls" or "for boys" in the case.

Malorie Blackman was one of 200 public figures to sign a letter opposing Scottish independence in August 2014, just days before the referendum in September.

Blackman is a contributor to the anthology New Daughters of Africa (edited by Margaret Busby) with a letter sent to her daughter by a woman.

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