Showmasters Admin showmasters Posted March 12, 2015 Showmasters Admin Share Posted March 12, 2015 Latest Author Announcement - Malorie Blackman Appearing as part of YALC - more information here Malorie Blackman is acknowledged as one of today's most imaginative and convincing writers for young readers. The novels in her Noughts & Crosses sequence have won several awards, including the Children's Book Award, and she has won many other awards for her books for the Random House list. Both Hacker and Thief! won the Young Telegraph/Gimme 5 Award - Malorie is the only author to have won this award twice - while Hacker also won the WH Smith Mind-Boggling Books Award in 1994. Her work has appeared on screen, with Pig-Heart Boy, which was shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal, being adapted into a BAFTA-award-winning TV serial. Malorie has also written a number of titles for younger readers. In 2005, Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children's books. In 2008, she was then honoured with an OBE for her services to Children's Literature. She is the Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2013-2015. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerl Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Will she be attending the Sunday? Wanted to meet her last year but missed out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChantelleVictoria Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 I'm honestly freaking out right now - Malorie's books formed a huge part of my childhood and I was absolutely gutted when I missed her last year, thank you so much SM!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LulaBelle96 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Such a lovely lady-will be bringing more of my books for her to sign!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifi Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Please please let us know what days authors are attending..really want to get her autograph (and Charlie Higson's who I missed out on last year). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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