Malorie Blackman
Author of Noughts and Crosses
About the Author
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Works by Malorie Blackman
Associated Works
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (2019) — Contributor — 91 copies, 1 review
Flights of Fancy: Creative Inspiration from Ten Award-Winning Authors and Illustrators (2019) — Contributor — 34 copies, 8 reviews
Dare to be Different - A Cebration Of Freedom In association With Amnesty International (1999) — Contributor — 14 copies
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Common Knowledge
- Legal name
- Blackman, Oneta Malorie
- Birthdate
- 1962-02-08
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Clapham, London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, England, UK
Kent, England, UK - Education
- Thames Polytechnic
National Film and Television School
Marlborough College, Wiltshire, England, UK - Occupations
- documentation assistant
systems progammer
database manager
writer - Awards and honors
- Eleanor Farjeon Award (2005)
Order of the British Empire ( [2008])
Children's Laureate (2013-2015)
PEN Pinter Prize (2022) - Disambiguation notice
- VIAF:22419968
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Noughts and Crosses Signed on the Website for £75 in Folio Society Devotees (February 11)
British Author Challenge December 2023: Malorie Blackman & E. M. Forster in 75 Books Challenge for 2023 (December 2023)
Reviews
OMIGOD this is such a good book. It moves along interestingly at first but not so terribly differently than many another good YA, but it sneaks up on you and is powerful in its stealth. So glad I read it.
Four Things I Hated About This:
1. The audiobook narrators
2. The writing
3. The premise
4. The characters
I agree with another reviewer who said we don't really need a version of the Civil Rights Movement where white people are the oppressed ones. I can actually imagine young readers who will get something out of this, but I really didn't. (Honestly, I didn't even make it that far into the book before I couldn't take it anymore.) I kept thinking of that scene at the end of the movie A Time to Kill where Matthew McConaughey is giving his closing argument and ends with "now imagine she's white." Like for some people, they cannot grasp the effects of racism unless they imagine their own race being subjected to it.… (more)
1. The audiobook narrators
2. The writing
3. The premise
4. The characters
I agree with another reviewer who said we don't really need a version of the Civil Rights Movement where white people are the oppressed ones. I can actually imagine young readers who will get something out of this, but I really didn't. (Honestly, I didn't even make it that far into the book before I couldn't take it anymore.) I kept thinking of that scene at the end of the movie A Time to Kill where Matthew McConaughey is giving his closing argument and ends with "now imagine she's white." Like for some people, they cannot grasp the effects of racism unless they imagine their own race being subjected to it.… (more)
Reason read: British author challenge, Dec 2023
Author of children's lit. New to me. It was a fun read.
Shape shifting and babysitting
Author of children's lit. New to me. It was a fun read.
Shape shifting and babysitting
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- Rating
- 3.8
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- 15
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This book reminded me a lot of one I read in the early 80s about a girl who is left on the planet in the care of an android and the android genetically modifies the human girl so she looks like a lizard to adapt to the harsh environment on the planet. When humans do eventually land, the android makes her wear a spacesuit to hide what he has done. The Keeper of the Isis Light it was called and it was fantastic.… (more)