Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman, OBE (born 8 February 1962), is a British writer who held the position of Children's Laureate from 2013 to 2015. She primarily writes literature and television drama for children and young adults. She has used science fiction to explore social and ethical issues. Her critically and popularly acclaimed Noughts and Crosses series uses the setting of a fictional dystopia to explore racism. 2Biography Malorie Blackman was born on 8 February 1962 . Her parents are both from Barbados. While at school, she wanted to be an English teacher, but grew up to become a systems programmer instead. She earned an HNC at Thames Polytechnic and is a graduate of the National Film and Television School. Malorie Blackman married her husband Neil in the 1990s and their daughter, Elizabeth, was born in 1995. Blackman has described herself, "I'm just Malorie Blackman, a black woman writer." Blackman's first book was Not So Stupid, which was a collection of horror and science fiction stories for young adults, published in November 199