JACQUELINE WILSON is a vastly well-known and hugely popular author. THE ILLUSTRATED MUM was chosen as British Children's Book of the Year in 1999 and was winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Award 2000. Jacqueline has won the prestigious Smarties Prize and the Children's Book Award for DOUBLE ACT, which was also highly commended for the Carnegie Medal. Jacqueline was awarded an OBE in 2002 and was the most borrowed author from British libraries in 2003/04. Jacqueline is now the fourth children's Laureate.
* 'A brilliant young writer of wit and subtlety' THE TIMES
* 'Hugely popular with seven to ten year olds: she should be prescribed for all cases of reading reluctance' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
* 'Has a rare gift for writing lightly and amusingly about emtional issues' BOOKSELLER