Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman has shot to fame since she published her first book in 1990 and prizes have come in thick and fast. In 2002 she won The Children's Award for Noughts and Crosses and earlier she won the W. H. Smith Mind-Boggling Award for Hacker, in which she used her knowledge of computing to full dramatic effect. Recently Malorie was shortlisted for the Carnegie Prize. Several of Malorie Blackman's books have been turned into successful television series and she enjoys a second career writing TV scripts. A former computer database manager, Malorie lives in south London with her husband and daughter and plays music in her spare time.

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