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Jacqueline Wilson

(b.1945)

Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, but spent most of her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames. She always wanted to be a writer and wrote her first "novel" when she was nine, filling countless Woolworths' exercise books as she grew up. Since having her daughter, Emma she has been writing full time.

Jacqueline has been on countless shortlists and has won numerous awards, including The Young Telegraph/Fully Booked Award in 1995 for The Bed and Breakfast Star, the Smarties Prize, the Sheffield Children's Book Award and the Children's Book Award for Double Act. The Illustrated Mum was on the shortlist for the 1999 Whitbread Children's Book Award and has won the 1999 Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award.

Over 7 million copies of her books have now been sold in the UK alone. In a recent poll to find the Nation's Favourite Children's Book run by the BBC programme, Bookworm, Double Act was voted 10th and was the only contemporary title in the top ten. Jacqueline herself was voted 4th in the Treasure Islands Favourite Children's Author poll.

In June 2002 Jacqueline was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools.

Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Romance, Young Adult Fiction, Mystery

Series

Stevie Day
   1. Supersleuth (1987)
   2. Lonely Hearts (1987)
   3. Rat Race (1988)
   4. Stevie Day - Vampire (1988)

Is There Anybody There?
1. Spirit Raising (1990)
2. Crystal Gazing (1990)

Werepuppy
1. The Werepuppy (1991)
2. The Werepuppy on Holiday (1994)

Tracy Beaker
   1. The Story Of Tracy Beaker (1992)
   2. The Dare Game (2000)
     aka I Dare You Tracy Beaker
   3. Starring Tracy Beaker (2006)
   4. My Mum Tracy Beaker (2018)
   5. We Are The Beaker Girls (2019)
   The Tracy Beaker Journal (2008)
   The Tracy Beaker Quiz Book (2009)
   Ask Tracy Beaker and Friends (2010)

Mark Spark
Mark Spark (1992)
Mark Spark in the Dark (1993)

Freddy's Teddy
   Come Back Teddy! (1994)
   Freddy's Teddy (1994)
   Teddy at the Fair (1994)
   Teddy Goes Swimming (1994)

Tim
Cliffhanger (1995)
Buried Alive! (1998)

Girls
   1. Girls In Love (1997)
   2. Girls Under Pressure (1998)
   3. Girls Out Late (1999)
   4. Girls In Tears (2002)

Hetty Feather
   1. Hetty Feather (2009)
   2. Sapphire Battersea (2011)
   3. Emerald Star (2012)
   4. Diamond (2013)
   5. Little Stars (2015)

World of Hetty Feather
1. Clover Moon (2016)
2. Rose Rivers (2018)

Novels

   Hide and Seek (1972)
   Ricky's Birthday (1973)
   Truth or Dare (1973)
   Snap (1974)
   Let's Pretend (1976)
   Holiday with Guns (1977)
   Making Hate (1978)
   Flight from the Islands (1978)
   Nobody's Perfect (1982)
   Waiting for the Sky to Fall (1983)
   The School Trip (1984)
   The Killer Tadpole (1984)
   The Other Side (1984)
   Amber (1986)
   The Monster in the Cupboard (1986)
   The Power of the Shade (1987)
   This Girl (1988)
   Falling Apart (1989)
   The Left Outs (1991)
   The Dream Palace (1991)
   The Suitcase Kid (1992)
   The Party in the Lift (1992)
   Video Rose (1992)
   The Mum-Minder (1993)
   Deep Blue (1993)
   The Bed and Breakfast Star (1994)
   The Dinosaur's Packed Lunch (1995)
   Double Act (1995)
   Elsa, Star of the Shelter (1995)
   Bad Girls (1996)
   The Monster Story-Teller (1997)
   The Lottie Project (1997)
   The Illustrated Mum (1999)
   Lizzie Zipmouth (2000)
   Vicky Angel (2000)
   Take a Good Look (2001)
   The Cat Mummy (2001)
   Sleepovers (2001)
   Dustbin Baby (2001)
   How to Survive Summer Camp (2002)
   Monster Eyeballs (2002)
   Secrets (2002)
   Lola Rose (2003)
   Midnight (2003)
   Best Friends (2004)
   The Diamond Girls (2004)
   Clean Break (2005)
   Love Lessons (2005)
   Candyfloss (2006)
   Kiss (2007)
   My Sister Jodie (2008)
   Cookie (2008)
   Tracy Beaker's Thumping Heart (2009)
   Little Darlings (2010)
   The Longest Whale Song (2010)
   Lily Alone (2011)
   The Worst Thing About My Sister (2012)
   Four Children and It (2012)
     aka Four Kids and It
   Queenie (2013)
   Opal Plumstead (2014)
   The Butterfly Club (2015)
   Happy Holidays (2015)
   Katy (2015)
   Rent A Bridesmaid (2016)
   Butterfly Beach (2017)
   Wave Me Goodbye (2017)
   Hetty Feather's Christmas (2017)
   Dancing the Charleston (2019)
   Love Frankie (2020)
   The Runaway Girls (2021)
   The Primrose Railway Children (2021)
   Baby Love (2022)
   Project Fairy (2022)

Omnibus

   The Jacqueline Wilson Collection (1997)
   Jacqueline Wilson Double Decker (1998)
   Jacqueline Wilson's Superstars (2000)
   Jacqueline Wilson Biscuit Barrel (2001)
   Video Rose and Mark Spark (2005)
   Secrets and Dreams (2007)
   Mark Spark in the Dark / Jimmy Jelly (2009)
   Twin Tales (2010)

Collections

   Simply the Best (1996) (with Joan Aiken, Jonathan Allen, Sheila Lavelle, Jan Mark, Michael Morpurgo, Robert Swindells and Colin Thompson)
   The Worry Website (2002)
   Kids' Night In (2003) (with Eoin Colfer, Annie Dalton, Michael Morpurgo, Garth Nix and Darren Shan)
   Shining on (2006) (with Malorie Blackman, Melvin Burgess, Meg Cabot, Anne Fine, Cathy Hopkins, Sue Limb, Celia Rees, Meg Rosoff and Rosie Rushton)
   Three for Tea (2006) (with Anne Fine and Michael Morpurgo)
   Totally Jacqueline Wilson (2007)
   Magic Beans (2011) (with Adèle Geras, Michael Morpurgo and Philip Pullman)
   Big Day Out (2012)
   We're Having a Party! (2013) (with Helen Cresswell, Anne Fine, Hilary McKay, Jan Marks, Susan Price and Robert Swindells)
   Paws and Whiskers (2014)
   My Jacqueline Wilson Treasury (2014)
   The Jacqueline Wilson Christmas Cracker (2014)

Chapter Books

   Glubbslyme (1987)
   Twin Trouble (1994)
   Mr Cool (1996)
   Connie and the Water Babies (1996)
   Jimmy Jelly (1999)
   My Brother Bernadette (2001)
   Rapunzel (2011)

Series contributed to

Magic Faraway Tree
8. A New Adventure (2022)

Anthologies edited

Green Glass Beads (2011)

Non fiction

Jacqueline Wilson recommends

Ballet Shoes (1936)
Noel Streatfeild
"One of my all-time favourite children's books."

My Sister's an Alien (2002)
(My Sister, book 2)
Gretel Killeen
"Madly inventive and very funny."

Last Seen Wearing Trainers (2002)
Rosie Rushton
"A powerful contemporary thriller that keeps you turning the pages."

Frank and the New Narkiz (2005)
(Frank, book 4)
Livi Michael
"Original, exciting and very funny."

Annie's Game (2005)
Narinder Dhami
"I loved it... touching and original."

Fortune Cookie (2009)
Jean Ure
"Funny, funky, feisty - and fantastic reads!"

Being Billy (2011)
Phil Earle
"Phil Earle writes starkly but sensitively in this brilliant page-turning novel. It moved me to tears."

Moon Pie (2011)
Simon Mason
"An engaging, ultra-modern story, sometimes sharply amusing, sometimes achingly sad."

Hi So Much (2014)
(Darcy Burdock, book 3)
Laura Dockrill
"A lively, highly entertaining story about an endearing, imaginative ten-year-old."

Perfectly Ella (2015)
(Strawberry Sisters, book 1)
Candy Harper
"A touching story about sisters and friendships. Gentle and warm and funny."

We Are Giants (2016)
Amber Lee Dodd
"...A total page-turner, very moving and touching."

Splashy Summer Swim (2016)
(Nixie, book 3)
Cas Lester
"A absolutely love Nixie."

The Explorer (2017)
Katherine Rundell
"Katherine Rundell just gets better and better. I loved The Explorer. On one level it's a very exciting adventure story of four children fighting for survival in the Amazon - but it's also saying profound things about human nature and love and loss."

The Restless Girls (2018)
Jessie Burton
"A magical modern retelling of an old fairytale - the exquisite text and illustrations work in perfect harmony."

Lori and Max (2019)
(Lori and Max, book 1)
Catherine O'Flynn
"A witty told, detective story."

Snow Foal (2019)
Susanna Bailey
"I absolutely love Snow Foal - it's so truthful, tender and touching. A book to read in a day and remember for a lifetime."

The Boy Who Made Everyone Laugh (2021)
Helen Rutter
"Very funny, very touching, very truthful - a total delight to read."

The Christmas Carrolls (2021)
(Christmas Carrolls, book 1)
Mel Taylor-Bessent
"A Christmas book about kindness and cheer to make even Scrooge’s heart melt."

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