Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers.Noughts & Crosseshas won several prizes, including the Red House Children's Book Award and the Fantastic Fiction Award, has been adapted for the stage by the Royal Shakespeare Company, and is soon to be a graphic novel. Malorie has also been shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal.
In 2005 Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her contribution to the world of children's books, and in 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children's literature. She has been described byThe Timesas a bit of a national treasure'.