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Dame Jacqueline Wilson (' Aitken; born 17 December 1945) is an English novelist known for her popular
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. Her novels have been notable for tackling realistic topics such as adoption and divorce. Since her
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in 1969, Wilson has written more than 100 books.


Early life

Jacqueline Aitken was born in
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, on 17 December 1945. Her father, Harry, was a civil servant and her mother, Margaret "Biddy" (née Clibbens), was an antiques dealer. Jacqueline particularly enjoyed books by Noel Streatfeild, as well as American classics such as ''
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'' and '' What Katy Did''. At the age of nine, she wrote her first "book", "Meet the Maggots", which was 21 pages long. Wilson was given the nickname "Jacky Daydream" at school, which she later used as the title of her autobiography, telling of her life as a primary school-aged child. Wilson attended Coombe Girls' School in Surrey and Carshalton Technical College. After leaving school at the age of 16, she began training as a secretary but then applied to work with the
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-based publishing company
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on a new girls' magazine, '' Jackie''.


Career

When Wilson began to focus on writing, she completed several
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novels before dedicating herself to children's books. At the age of 40, she took
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English and earned a grade A. She had mixed success with about 40 books before the breakthrough to fame in 1991 with '' The Story of Tracy Beaker'', published by Doubleday. As her children's novels frequently feature themes of
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,
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and
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, they tend to attract controversy, yet are well loved by children and adults alike.


University of Roehampton and charity work

In June 2013, Wilson was appointed a professorial fellow of the University of Roehampton, and a Pro-Chancellor. In February 2014, it was announced that she would be appointed Chancellor of the university (its honorary figurehead) from August 2014. She was reappointed in 2017 for a further three years. She teaches modules in both the Children's Literature and Creative Writing master's degree (MA) programmes offered by the university. She concluded her term as Chancellor in August 2020. Wilson is patron of the charity Momentum in
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, south London, which helps children undergoing treatment for
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(and their families), and also a patron of the Letterbox Club, a BookTrust initiative. Until she moved away from Kingston-upon-Thames, she was a patron of the Friends of Richmond Park.


Reception

In
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, a 2003 poll conducted by the
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, four of Wilson's books were ranked among the 100 most popular books in the UK: '' The Story of Tracy Beaker'' (1991), ''
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'' (1995), '' Girls In Love'' (1997) and '' Vicky Angel'' (2000). Fourteen books by Wilson ranked in the top 200."BBC – The Big Read"
BBC. April 2003. Retrieved 15 October 2017
In 2002, she replaced Catherine Cookson as the most borrowed author in Britain's libraries, a position she retained until being overtaken by
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in 2008.


Accolades

For her work, Wilson has won many awards including the Smarties Prize and the
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, a book award judged by a panel of British children's writers. ''The Illustrated Mum'' (1999) won the annual Guardian Prize and the annual
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for Children's Book of the Year; it also made the 1999 Whitbread Awards shortlist. ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'' won the 2002 Blue Peter People's Choice Award and '' Girls in Tears'' was the Children's Book of the Year at the 2003 British Book Awards. Two of her books were "Highly Commended" runners-up for the annual Carnegie Medal: ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'' (1991) and ''Double Act'' (1995). In the 2002 Birthday Honours, Wilson was appointed an
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(OBE) "for services to Literacy in Schools", and from 2005 to 2007 she served as the fourth
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. In that role, Wilson urged parents and carers to continue reading aloud to children long after they are able to read for themselves. She also campaigned to make more books available for blind people and campaigned against cutbacks in children's television drama. In October 2005, she received an honorary degree from the
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in recognition of her achievements in and on behalf of children's literature. In July 2007, the University of Roehampton awarded her an Honorary Doctorate (
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) in recognition of her achievements in and on behalf of children's literature. She has also received honorary degrees from the University of Dundee, the
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and
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. In the 2008 New Year Honours, Wilson was promoted to a
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(DBE) "for services to Literature". In July 2012, Dame Jacqueline was also elected an honorary fellow of
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., Laing, Stuart. "Domus" in ''The Letter'', Michaelmas 2012, 91, p.10
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In 2017, she received the Special Award at the BAFTA Children's Awards. In the
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, Wilson was again promoted to a
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(GBE) "for services to literature". For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, Wilson was a UK nominee for the international
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in 2014. A lecture hall at
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's Penrhyn Road campus has been named after her.


Works


Adaptations

A dramatisation of Wilson's ''Double Act'', written and directed by Vicky Ireland, was first performed at The Polka Theatre in
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from 30 January to 12 April 2003 and toured throughout the UK. The playscript was published by Collins Plays Plus. Ireland has also written dramatisations of ''The Lottie Project'' (performed at Polka Theatre and San Pol Theatre, Madrid), ''Midnight'', ''Bad Girls'' and ''Secrets'', which were also commissioned by the Polka Theatre, and a dramatisation of ''The Suitcase Kid'' which was performed at the
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, Richmond and later toured throughout the UK. The scripts for these plays were published by
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. The following books by Wilson have been adapted for television: * ''Cliffhanger'' (1995,
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). Part of ''Look, See and Read'', two-part drama. * ''
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'' (2002,
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). Starring twins Zoe and Chloe Tempest-Jones as Ruby and Garnet, with a special appearance by Jacqueline Wilson as the casting director at the auditions. This was a one-off 100-minute feature. * '' The Story of Tracy Beaker'' (2002–2006,
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). Starring
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as Tracy and Lisa Coleman (whose sister, Charlotte, appeared in ''Double Act'' as Miss Debenham) as Cam. Original broadcast dates: 8 January 2002 – 9 February 2006. Since its original broadcasts, 15-minute versions have been shown on repeat on the CBBC Channel since 2007. * ''
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'' (2003,
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). Starring former ''
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'' star
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as Marigold Westward, who won a
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for her role, and who went on to play
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in
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, Alice Connor as Dolphin Westward and Holly Grainger as Star Westward. This was a four-part mini-series but later shown as a full feature with no ad breaks. It was again repeated at Christmas 2004. Original broadcast date: 5 December 2003. * ''Best Friends'' (2004, ITV). This was a six-part miniseries, but was originally broadcast as one feature with a slightly different ending. It starred Chloe Smyth as Gemma and Poppy Rogers as Alice. Original broadcast date: 3 December 2004. This was repeated on the
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Channel on 6 March 2010. * '' Girls in Love'' ( ITV). Starring
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as Ellie,
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as Magda and Amy Kwolek as Nadine. There have been two series of ''Girls in Love'' broadcast. Original broadcast dates: 1 April 2003 – 18 April 2005. * '' Dustbin Baby'' (
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). Featuring an A-list cast including
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as Marion,
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as a new character, Elliot, and
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as April. Original broadcast date: 21 December 2008. * ''
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'' (2010–2012). This is a series in which Tracy (Dani Harmer) returns to the "Dumping Ground" (Stowey House, whose name has been changed to Elm Tree House) to earn money for her new book because she used Cam's credit card without permission to publish it; she was arrested, but Cam decided not to press charges as long as the money was paid back in full. She realises that Elm Tree House has changed and the new children act just like she did herself in her days. At times, she tries to help the children, concluding in the new social workers almost firing her. But sometimes she only gets the child's part of the story, then being told the whole thing and being totally confused and outraged. * '' The Tracy Beaker Survival Files'' (2011–2012). A spin-off series where Tracy teaches lessons about various subjects using her stories from the past and clips from ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'' and ''Tracy Beaker Returns''. Original broadcast date: 17 December 2011 to 6 January 2012. * ''
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'' (2013–). The continued life at the Dumping Ground after Tracy Beaker moves on to a new care home and focuses more on just one child in the care home. Not a book by Jacqueline Wilson but inspired by the Tracy Beaker novels. * '' The Dumping Ground Survival Files'' (2014–2020). A spin-off and continuation of the Tracy Beaker Survival Files, where the Dumping Ground kids teach lessons about various subjects using stories that have happened to them and their friends in the past, using clips from ''Tracy Beaker Returns'' and ''The Dumping Ground''. * ''
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'' (2015–2020). Stars Isabel Clifton as Hetty Feather, living her life in the
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and, later at the end of the third series, starting her life as a maid in service. * '' The Dumping Ground: I'm...'' (2016–2021). A spin-off series similar to the Survival Files, but instead where the characters make videos about themselves, who they are, what they like and stuff that's happened to them in their life. * '' Katy'' was made into a three-part TV series, '' Katy'', broadcast on
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from 13 March 2018 to 16 March 2018. Chloe Lea, who played Katy went on to play Viv in ''The Dumping Ground'', the continuation of ''Tracy Beaker'' ''Returns''. * '' Four Children and It'' was adapted into a feature film named ''
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''. * ''My Mum Tracy Beaker'' was adapted into a three-part television series for CBBC, ''
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'', from 12 February 2021 to 14 February 2021. It was originally three parts, but it was shown the following week on
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as a feature film. * ''We Are The Beaker Girls'' was adapted into a television series, also for CBBC, '' The Beaker Girls'', in December 2021, which shows Tracy and her life after she gets over her break-up with Sean Godfrey. * ''
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'' was adapted into a television series, for
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, in February 2022. This followed the two lives of Destiny and Sunset, both children of Danny Kilman, a has-been rockstar.


Personal life

Jacqueline began a relationship with printer Millar Wilson, whom she married in 1965 when she was 19. Two years later, they had a daughter named Emma. Her husband later left her for another woman. They divorced in 2004. In April 2020, Wilson announced that she was in a same-sex relationship with bookshop owner Trish, to whom she dedicated a book. Wilson revealed that she had been living with her partner, Trish, for 18 years. She lives in
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. In September 2024, she stated that she was delighted to be seen as a gay icon after coming out. "I'm very touched to be thought of as a gay icon, it's an absolute delight," she said after publishing her first adult novel ''Think Again'', which is the sequel to the Girls series and follows the life of Ellie Allard and her best friends Nadine and Magda, as they turn 40 years of age.


Notes


References


Further reading

* Parker, Vic (2003). ''All About Jacqueline Wilson'' (Oxford: Heinemann Library)
"Dame Jacqueline Wilson's Nasty Adult World"
''The Telegraph'', 8 March 2008.
"Damehood for Tracy Beaker Creator"
''BBC News'', 29 December 2007. * Lesley White
"A Girl's own story"
(article about Jacqueline Wilson), ''The Sunday Times'', 18 February 2007. *
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"My Inner age is between 10 and 40"
(article about Jacqueline WIlson), ''The Observer'', 29 May 2005.
"Profile: Jacqueline Wilson: Are you sitting uneasily, children?"
'The Sunday Times'', 15 February 2004. *
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"The Pied Piper of Kingston"
(article about Jacqueline Wilson), ''The Guardian'', 14 February 2004. * Susan Flockhart
"Domestic Demons; In the latest Jacqueline Wilson book to be televised"
''The Sunday Herald'', 28 December 2003


External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Jacqueline 1945 births Living people 20th-century English novelists 20th-century English women writers 21st-century English novelists 21st-century English women writers Academics of the University of Roehampton British Children's Laureate Costa Book Award winners Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire English autobiographers English children's writers English lesbian writers English LGBTQ writers English women autobiographers English women children's writers English women non-fiction writers English women novelists Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature Guardian Children's Fiction Prize winners Kidney transplant recipients People from Kingston upon Thames Writers from Bath, Somerset