Jacqueline Wilson
Jacqueline Wilson is an English author of children’s novels. She writes the Tracy Beaker series. Jacqueline was born in Bath, Somerset, England, but grew up in Kingston-on-Thames, London. She grew up always wanting to be a writer and had her first “novel” written at age 9. She became a full-time author after having her daughter, Emma. When Jacqueline was a teenager, she worked for a magazine publishing company, and then wrote for the magazine Jackie (not named after her, despite what she was told) before becoming a full-time novelist. In 2002, Jacqueline was awarded the OBE for services to literacy in schools. From 2005 to 2007, she was the Children’s Laureate. In 2008, she became Dame Jacqueline Wilson.
