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Jacqueline Wilson


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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
 
New and upcoming books
August 2024

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Star of the Show
 
September 2024

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Think Again
 
Series
Stevie Day
   1. Supersleuth (1987)
   2. Lonely Hearts (1987)
   3. Rat Race (1988)
   4. Stevie Day - Vampire (1988)
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Werepuppy
   1. The Werepuppy (1991)
   2. The Werepuppy on Holiday (1994)
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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)
   The Tracy Beaker Journal (2008)
   The Tracy Beaker Quiz Book (2009)
   Ask Tracy Beaker and Friends (2010)
   4. My Mum Tracy Beaker (2018)
   5. We Are The Beaker Girls (2019)
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Tim
   Cliffhanger (1995)
   Buried Alive! (1998)
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Girls
   1. Girls In Love (1997)
   2. Girls Under Pressure (1998)
   3. Girls Out Late (1999)
   4. Girls In Tears (2002)
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Hetty Feather
   1. Hetty Feather (2009)
   2. Sapphire Battersea (2011)
   3. Emerald Star (2012)
   4. Diamond (2013)
   5. Little Stars (2015)
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World of Hetty Feather
   1. Clover Moon (2016)
   2. Rose Rivers (2018)
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Novels
   Hide and Seek (1972)
   Truth or Dare (1973)
   Ricky's Birthday (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)
   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)
   The Other Edie Trimmer (2023)
   The Girl Who Wasn't There (2024)
   Star of the Show (2024)
   Think Again (2024)
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Collections
   Simply the Best (1996) (with others)
   The Worry Website (2002)
   Kids' Night In (2003) (with others)
   Shining on (2006) (with others)
   Three for Tea (2006) (with Anne Fine and Michael Morpurgo)
   Totally Jacqueline Wilson (2007)
   Magic Beans (2011) (with others)
   Big Day Out (2012)
   We're Having a Party! (2013) (with others)
   Paws and Whiskers (2014)
   My Jacqueline Wilson Treasury (2014)
   The Jacqueline Wilson Christmas Cracker (2014)
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Anthologies edited
   Green Glass Beads (2011)
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Series contributed to
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Chapter Books show
 
Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Jacqueline Wilson recommends
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Impossible Creatures (2023)
Katherine Rundell
"A marvellous imaginative fantasy told with great style and sparkle - a book to race through in a day and keep for a lifetime."
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While the Storm Rages (2022)
Phil Earle
"A page-turning triumph to make you laugh and cry - it's Phil Earle at his best."
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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."

More recommendations 


Anthologies containing stories by Jacqueline Wilson
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Dear NHS (2020)
100 Stories to Say Thank You
edited by
Adam Kay
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Love Stories (1997)
edited by
Ann Pilling

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