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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	~~<references/>~~		{{reflist\|2}}

	==External links==		==External links==

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	**''Knife Edge'', Doubleday, 2004, ISBN-10: 0385605277		**''Knife Edge'', Doubleday, 2004, ISBN-10: 0385605277
	**''Checkmate'', Doubleday, 2005, ISBN-10: 0385607733		**''Checkmate'', Doubleday, 2005, ISBN-10: 0385607733
			**''Double Cross'', Doubleday, 2008, ISBN-13: 9780385615518
	* ''The Stuff of Nightmares'', Doubleday, 2007, ISBN-10: 0385610432		* ''The Stuff of Nightmares'', Doubleday, 2007, ISBN-10: 0385610432
	* ''Unheard Voices: An Anthology of Stories and Poems to Commemorate the Bicentenary Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade'', editor Malorie Blackman, Corgi Children's, 2007, ISBN-10: 0552556009		* ''Unheard Voices: An Anthology of Stories and Poems to Commemorate the Bicentenary Anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade'', editor Malorie Blackman, Corgi Children's, 2007, ISBN-10: 0552556009

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	* [http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth519D6BC107d6922CB1VoU30CEDE6 Malorie Blackman at the British Council's Comtemporary Writers website]		* [http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth519D6BC107d6922CB1VoU30CEDE6 Malorie Blackman at the British Council's Comtemporary Writers website]
	* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/about/ask/mblackman_transcript.shtml Three video clips of an interview with Malorie Blackman with a full text transcription at the BBC]		* [http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/about/ask/mblackman_transcript.shtml Three video clips of an interview with Malorie Blackman with a full text transcription at the BBC]
			* [http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/books/article1006827.ece An article about Malorie Blackman at Times Online]

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	Malorie Blackman was born on 8 February 1962 in London.<ref name="Penguin authors">Blackman, Malorie, [http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000003969,00.html Malorie Blackman], Penguin UK Authors, Penguin Books Ltd., 1995–2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> While at grammar school, in Peckham, she wanted to be an English teacher but grew up to become a systems programmer instead.<ref name="Craig interview">Craig, Amanda, [http://www.amandacraig.com/pages/journalism/interviews/malorie_blackman.htm Malorie Blackman: the world in photographic negative], The Times, Times Newspapers Limited, 2004-01. Retrieved on 2007-03-27</ref><ref name="Penguin authors" /> She earned a Higher National Certificate at Thames Polytechnic and is a graduate of the National Film and Television School.<ref name="Penguin authors" /><ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/40artists40days/malorie_blackman.html Malorie Blackman], 40 artists, 40 days, Tate Online, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-03-28</ref> Blackman married her Scottish husband Neil in the early 1980s and their daughter Elizabeth was born in 1995.<ref name="Craig interview"/> Blackman has described herself, "I'm just Malorie Blackman – a black woman writer."<ref name="Penguin authors" />		Malorie Blackman was born on 8 February 1962 in London.<ref name="Penguin authors">Blackman, Malorie, [http://www.penguin.co.uk/nf/Author/AuthorPage/0,,0_1000003969,00.html Malorie Blackman], Penguin UK Authors, Penguin Books Ltd., 1995–2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> While at grammar school, in Peckham, she wanted to be an English teacher but grew up to become a systems programmer instead.<ref name="Craig interview">Craig, Amanda, [http://www.amandacraig.com/pages/journalism/interviews/malorie_blackman.htm Malorie Blackman: the world in photographic negative], The Times, Times Newspapers Limited, 2004-01. Retrieved on 2007-03-27</ref><ref name="Penguin authors" /> She earned a Higher National Certificate at Thames Polytechnic and is a graduate of the National Film and Television School.<ref name="Penguin authors" /><ref>[http://www.tate.org.uk/40artists40days/malorie_blackman.html Malorie Blackman], 40 artists, 40 days, Tate Online, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-03-28</ref> Blackman married her Scottish husband Neil in the early 1980s and their daughter Elizabeth was born in 1995.<ref name="Craig interview"/> Blackman has described herself, "I'm just Malorie Blackman – a black woman writer."<ref name="Penguin authors" />

	Blackman's first book, ''Not So Stupid'', was a collection of [[horror]] and [[science fiction]] stories for young adults, published in November 1990.<ref name="British Library catalogue">Full Record, [http://catalogue.bl.uk British Library Integrated Catalogue], The British Library Board. Retrieved on 2007-03-28</ref> Since then she has written more than fifty children's books, including novels and short story collections, and also television scripts and a stage play.<ref name="British Library catalogue" /><ref name="multiple awards (first)">[http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth519D6BC107d6922CB1VoU30CEDE6 Malorie Blackman], Contemporary Writers, British Council, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> Her work has won more than fifteen awards.<ref name="multiple awards (first)" /><ref name="multiple awards (second)">[http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/grownups/prizes/prizes.htm Awards and Prizes], Kids at Random House, Random House Children's Books. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> Blackman's television scripts include episodes of the long-running, children's drama ''Byker Grove'', as well as television adaptations of her novels ''Whizziwig'' and ''Pig-Heart Boy''.<ref name="multiple awards (first)" /> Her books have been translated into Spanish, Welsh and ~~German~~.		Blackman's first book, ''Not So Stupid'', was a collection of [[horror]] and [[science fiction]] stories for young adults, published in November 1990.<ref name="British Library catalogue">Full Record, [http://catalogue.bl.uk British Library Integrated Catalogue], The British Library Board. Retrieved on 2007-03-28</ref> Since then she has written more than fifty children's books, including novels and short story collections, and also television scripts and a stage play.<ref name="British Library catalogue" /><ref name="multiple awards (first)">[http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth519D6BC107d6922CB1VoU30CEDE6 Malorie Blackman], Contemporary Writers, British Council, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> Her work has won more than fifteen awards.<ref name="multiple awards (first)" /><ref name="multiple awards (second)">[http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/grownups/prizes/prizes.htm Awards and Prizes], Kids at Random House, Random House Children's Books. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> Blackman's television scripts include episodes of the long-running, children's drama ''Byker Grove'', as well as television adaptations of her novels ''Whizziwig'' and ''Pig-Heart Boy''.<ref name="multiple awards (first)" /> Her books have been translated into Spanish, Welsh, German, and French.

	Blackman's award-winning ''[[Noughts & Crosses series]]'', exploring love, racism, and violence, is set in a fictional [[dystopia]]. Explaining her choice of title, in a 2007 interview for the BBC's ''Blast'' website, Blackman said noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe) is "...one of those games that nobody ever plays after childhood, because nobody ever wins..."<ref name="BBC Blast interview">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/about/ask/mblackman_transcript.shtml Malorie Blackman - Children and Young People's Writer], Blast, BBC. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> In an interview for ''The Times'', Blackman said that before writing ''Noughts & Crosses'' her [[protagonist]]s' ethnicites were never central to the plots of her books.<ref name="Craig interview"/> She has also said, "I wanted to show black children just getting on with their lives, having adventures, and solving their dilemmas, like the characters in all the books I read as a child."<ref name="Penguin authors" /> Blackman eventually decided to address racism directly.<ref name="Craig interview"/><ref name="BBC Blast interview" /> She reused some details from her own experience, including an occasion when she needed a plaster (adhesive bandage) and found they were designed to be inconspicuous only on white people's skin.<ref name="Craig interview"/> ''The Times'' interviewer Amanda Craig speculated about why the ''Noughts & Crosses'' series hasn't been published in the United States: "though there was considerable interest, 9/11 killed off the possibility of publishing any book describing how someone might become a terrorist."<ref name="Craig interview"/>		Blackman's award-winning ''[[Noughts & Crosses series]]'', exploring love, racism, and violence, is set in a fictional [[dystopia]]. Explaining her choice of title, in a 2007 interview for the BBC's ''Blast'' website, Blackman said noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe) is "...one of those games that nobody ever plays after childhood, because nobody ever wins..."<ref name="BBC Blast interview">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/about/ask/mblackman_transcript.shtml Malorie Blackman - Children and Young People's Writer], Blast, BBC. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> In an interview for ''The Times'', Blackman said that before writing ''Noughts & Crosses'' her [[protagonist]]s' ethnicites were never central to the plots of her books.<ref name="Craig interview"/> She has also said, "I wanted to show black children just getting on with their lives, having adventures, and solving their dilemmas, like the characters in all the books I read as a child."<ref name="Penguin authors" /> Blackman eventually decided to address racism directly.<ref name="Craig interview"/><ref name="BBC Blast interview" /> She reused some details from her own experience, including an occasion when she needed a plaster (adhesive bandage) and found they were designed to be inconspicuous only on white people's skin.<ref name="Craig interview"/> ''The Times'' interviewer Amanda Craig speculated about why the ''Noughts & Crosses'' series hasn't been published in the United States: "though there was considerable interest, 9/11 killed off the possibility of publishing any book describing how someone might become a terrorist."<ref name="Craig interview"/>

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	Blackman's first book, ''Not So Stupid'', was a collection of [[horror]] and [[science fiction]] stories for young adults, published in November 1990.<ref name="British Library catalogue">Full Record, [http://catalogue.bl.uk British Library Integrated Catalogue], The British Library Board. Retrieved on 2007-03-28</ref> Since then she has written more than fifty children's books, including novels and short story collections, and also television scripts and a stage play.<ref name="British Library catalogue" /><ref name="multiple awards (first)">[http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth519D6BC107d6922CB1VoU30CEDE6 Malorie Blackman], Contemporary Writers, British Council, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> Her work has won more than fifteen awards.<ref name="multiple awards (first)" /><ref name="multiple awards (second)">[http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/grownups/prizes/prizes.htm Awards and Prizes], Kids at Random House, Random House Children's Books. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> Blackman's television scripts include episodes of the long-running, children's drama ''Byker Grove'', as well as television adaptations of her novels ''Whizziwig'' and ''Pig-Heart Boy''.<ref name="multiple awards (first)" /> Her books have been translated into Spanish, Welsh and German.		Blackman's first book, ''Not So Stupid'', was a collection of [[horror]] and [[science fiction]] stories for young adults, published in November 1990.<ref name="British Library catalogue">Full Record, [http://catalogue.bl.uk British Library Integrated Catalogue], The British Library Board. Retrieved on 2007-03-28</ref> Since then she has written more than fifty children's books, including novels and short story collections, and also television scripts and a stage play.<ref name="British Library catalogue" /><ref name="multiple awards (first)">[http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth519D6BC107d6922CB1VoU30CEDE6 Malorie Blackman], Contemporary Writers, British Council, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> Her work has won more than fifteen awards.<ref name="multiple awards (first)" /><ref name="multiple awards (second)">[http://www.randomhouse.co.uk/childrens/grownups/prizes/prizes.htm Awards and Prizes], Kids at Random House, Random House Children's Books. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> Blackman's television scripts include episodes of the long-running, children's drama ''Byker Grove'', as well as television adaptations of her novels ''Whizziwig'' and ''Pig-Heart Boy''.<ref name="multiple awards (first)" /> Her books have been translated into Spanish, Welsh and German.

	Blackman's award-winning ''[[Noughts & Crosses series]]'', exploring love, racism, and violence, is set in a fictional [[dystopia]]. Explaining her choice of title, in a 2007 interview for the BBC's ''Blast'' website, Blackman said noughts and crosses~~, also known as~~ tic-tac-toe, is "...one of those games that nobody ever plays after childhood, because nobody ever wins..."<ref name="BBC Blast interview">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/about/ask/mblackman_transcript.shtml Malorie Blackman - Children and Young People's Writer], Blast, BBC. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> In an interview for ''The Times'', Blackman said that before writing ''Noughts & Crosses'' her [[protagonist]]s' ethnicites were never central to the plots of her books.<ref name="Craig interview"/> She has also said, "I wanted to show black children just getting on with their lives, having adventures, and solving their dilemmas, like the characters in all the books I read as a child."<ref name="Penguin authors" /> Blackman eventually decided to address racism directly.<ref name="Craig interview"/><ref name="BBC Blast interview" /> She reused some details from her own experience, including an occasion when she needed a plaster (adhesive bandage) and found they were designed to be inconspicuous only on white people's skin.<ref name="Craig interview"/> ''The Times'' interviewer Amanda Craig speculated about why the ''Noughts & Crosses'' series hasn't been published in the United States: "though there was considerable interest, 9/11 killed off the possibility of publishing any book describing how someone might become a terrorist."<ref name="Craig interview"/>		Blackman's award-winning ''[[Noughts & Crosses series]]'', exploring love, racism, and violence, is set in a fictional [[dystopia]]. Explaining her choice of title, in a 2007 interview for the BBC's ''Blast'' website, Blackman said noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe) is "...one of those games that nobody ever plays after childhood, because nobody ever wins..."<ref name="BBC Blast interview">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/blast/about/ask/mblackman_transcript.shtml Malorie Blackman - Children and Young People's Writer], Blast, BBC. Retrieved on 2007-03-23</ref> In an interview for ''The Times'', Blackman said that before writing ''Noughts & Crosses'' her [[protagonist]]s' ethnicites were never central to the plots of her books.<ref name="Craig interview"/> She has also said, "I wanted to show black children just getting on with their lives, having adventures, and solving their dilemmas, like the characters in all the books I read as a child."<ref name="Penguin authors" /> Blackman eventually decided to address racism directly.<ref name="Craig interview"/><ref name="BBC Blast interview" /> She reused some details from her own experience, including an occasion when she needed a plaster (adhesive bandage) and found they were designed to be inconspicuous only on white people's skin.<ref name="Craig interview"/> ''The Times'' interviewer Amanda Craig speculated about why the ''Noughts & Crosses'' series hasn't been published in the United States: "though there was considerable interest, 9/11 killed off the possibility of publishing any book describing how someone might become a terrorist."<ref name="Craig interview"/>

	''Noughts & Crosses'' was #61 on the Big Read list, a 2003 BBC survey to find "The Nation's Best-Loved Book", with more votes than ''A Tale of Two Cities'', several [[Terry Pratchett]] novels, and ''Lord of the Flies''.		''Noughts & Crosses'' was #61 on the Big Read list, a 2003 BBC survey to find "The Nation's Best-Loved Book", with more votes than ''A Tale of Two Cities'', several [[Terry Pratchett]] novels, and ''Lord of the Flies''.

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	'''Malorie Blackman''' (born 8 February 1962) is an award-winning British author of 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 ~~dystopian society~~ to explore racism.		'''Malorie Blackman''' (born 8 February 1962) is an award-winning British author of 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 & Crosses series ]]'' uses the setting of a fictional dystopia to explore racism.

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	* 1996, Young Telegraph/Fully Booked Children's Book of the Year Award.<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/>		* 1996, Young Telegraph/Fully Booked Children's Book of the Year Award.<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/>

	====For ''A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E'' (~~2000~~)====		====For ''A.N.T.I.D.O.T.E'' (1997)====
	* 1997, Stockport Children's Book of the Year Award (Key Stage 3 category).<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/>		* 1997, Stockport Children's Book of the Year Award (Key Stage 3 category).<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/>
	* 1997, Stockton-on-Tees Children's Book Award (shortlisted).<ref name="multiple awards (second)"/>		* 1997, Stockton-on-Tees Children's Book Award (shortlisted).<ref name="multiple awards (second)"/>
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	* 2001, Stockport Schools Book Award (shortlisted).<ref name="multiple awards (second)"/>		* 2001, Stockport Schools Book Award (shortlisted).<ref name="multiple awards (second)"/>

	====For ''Pig-Heart Boy'' (~~2000~~)====		====For ''Pig-Heart Boy'' (1997)====
	* 1998, Carnegie Medal (shortlist).<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/>		* 1998, Carnegie Medal (shortlist).<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/>
	* 1998, UKRA Award.<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/>		* 1998, UKRA Award.<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/>
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	* 1999, Wirral Paperback of the Year Award.<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/><ref name="multiple awards (second)"/>		* 1999, Wirral Paperback of the Year Award.<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/><ref name="multiple awards (second)"/>

	====For ''Tell Me No Lies'' (~~2000~~)====		====For ''Tell Me No Lies'' (1999)====
	* 2000, Stockport Children's Book Award (shortlisted) (Key Stage 4 category).<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/><ref name="multiple awards (second)"/>		* 2000, Stockport Children's Book Award (shortlisted) (Key Stage 4 category).<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/><ref name="multiple awards (second)"/>

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	===Television adaptations===		===Television adaptations===
	====For ''Pig-Heart Boy'' ~~(2000)~~====		====For ''Pig-Heart Boy''====
	* 2000, BAFTA (British Academy Television Awards) Best Drama.<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/><ref name="multiple awards (second)"/>		* 2000, BAFTA (British Academy Television Awards) Best Drama.<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/><ref name="multiple awards (second)"/>
	* 2000, Race and Media Best Drama Award.<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/>		* 2000, Race and Media Best Drama Award.<ref name="multiple awards (first)"/>

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