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About the Author

Malorie Blackman has written over seventy books for children and young adults, including the Noughts && Crosses series, Thief and a science-fiction thriller, Chasing the Stars. Many of her books have also been adapted for stage and television, including a BAFTA-award-winning BBC production of Pig-Heart Boy and a Pilot Theatre stage adaptation by Sabrina Mahfouz of Noughts && Crosses. There is also a major BBC production of Noughts && Crosses, with Roc Nation (Jay-Z s entertainment company) curating the soundtrack as executive music producer. In 2005 Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children s books. In 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children s literature, and between 2013 and 2015 she was the Children s Laureate. Most recently Malorie wrote for the Doctor Who series on BBC One, and the fifth novel in her Noughts && Crosses series, Crossfire, was published by Penguin Random House Children s in summer 2019.