Jacqueline wilson early life
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Dame Jacqueline Wilson (née Aitkin), (born 17 December 1945) is an award-winning English author, known for her vast and diverse work in children's literature. Her novels have been adapted numerous times for television, and commonly deal with such challenging themes as adoption, divorce and mental illness. Addressing these issues has made her controversial because of her young readership.
Wilson may be best-known for her series of novels featuring the character Tracy Beaker, who first appeared in Wilson's 1991 novel The Story of Tracy Beaker, from which has followed three sequels, as well as three CBBC television adaptations: The Story of Tracy Beaker and Tracy Beaker Returns.
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Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath, England in 1945. Her father, Harry Aitkin, was a civil servant; her mother, Margaret 'Biddy' Aitkin, was a housewife, having various jobs as a dinner lady and a bakery worker. She spent most of her childhood in Kingston upon Thames, where she went to Latchmere Primary School. She was an imaginative child and enjoyed reading and making up stories. She pa
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Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, FRSL (born 17 December 1945) is an English writer of children's literature. Because her novels commonly deal with themes as adoption, divorce and mental illness, her work has been called controversial because her readers are young. For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, Wilson was a UK nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2014. Wilson is the author of many book series. Her Tracy Beaker series, inaugurated in 1991 with The Story of Tracy Beaker, includes three sequels and has been adapted into four CBBC television series: The Story of Tracy Beaker, Tracy Beaker Returns, The Dumping Ground and The Tracy Beaker Files. In February 2016 will mark the 25th anniversary of Trace Beaker, Wilson will also release a book called The Story Of Tracy Beaker: 25th anniversary. Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Photo by Rodw Illustrator: nick sharrat (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons.
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Jacqueline Wilson
English novelist (born 1945)
Dame Jacqueline Wilson (néeAitken; born 17 December 1945) is an English novelist known for her popular children's literature. Her novels have been notable for tackling realistic topics such as adoption and divorce without alienating her large readership. Since her debut novel in 1969, Wilson has written more than 100 books.
Early life
Jacqueline Aitken was born in Bath, Somerset, on 17 December 1945.[1] Her father, Harry, was a civil servant and her mother, Margaret "Biddy" (née Clibbens), was an antiques dealer.[2] She particularly enjoyed books by Noel Streatfeild, as well as American classics like Little Women and What Katy Did.[3] At the age of nine, she wrote her first "book", "Meet the Maggots", which was 21 pages long.[4] Wilson was given the nickname Jacky Daydream at school, which she later used as the title of her autobiography, which tells of her life as a primary school-aged child.[5]
Wilson attended Coombe Girls' School in Surrey and Carshalton
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