Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman earns my deep respect for refusing to underestimate young readers. Born in Clapham in 1962, she uses science fiction and children's fiction to confront subjects most authors soften. Noughts & Crosses, set in an alternate Britain where racial power is inverted, tackles prejudice head-on without flinching. That courage, putting heavy ethical questions into stories meant for the young, is exactly what literature for children should dare to do. Her honours, an OBE and a stint as Children's Laureate, feel well earned. I admire writers who plant difficult, lasting ideas in young minds, and she does it with real conviction.

Name (English)

Malorie Blackman

Name (Japanese)

マロリー・ブラックマン

Reading

まろりー・ぶらっくまん

Born

February 8, 1962 (age 64)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Tiger

Origin

Clapham, United Kingdom

Occupation

writer / novelist / science fiction writer / children's writer / screenwriter

University

University of Greenwich

Awards & achievements

• 2008 Officer of the Order of the British Empire
• 2009 Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
• 2022 PEN Pinter Prize

• Official sitehttps://www.malorieblackman.co.uk/
• Xhttps://x.com/malorieblackman
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malorie%20Blackman
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AD%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%A9%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q447519

Tags

• writer
• novelist
• science fiction writer

Last updated

2026-06-24

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