

Jacqueline reveals that her favorite works then, was Little Women and What Katy Did classics and Noel Streatfield books. She was very imaginative and most of the time you would find her reading or crafting stories.

When she was in primary school, despite being in her tender age, Jacqueline love for writing emerged. Jacqueline later joined Latchmere Primary School and later joined Coombe Girls for her high school education. She was brought up in Kingston upon the Thames. Jacqueline was born in Bath, England on 17th December 1945 to a civil servant father and a housewife mother. This together with having 100 books under name makes Jacqueline Wilson an inspiration and a favorite to many young readers and authors. In the UK alone, she has sold over 35 million copies of her books and in a number of years her books have been the most borrowed from public libraries. Jacqueline has featured in numerous authors’ nomination for awards and has won many awards. Most of her books capture the theme of divorce, mental illness, and adoption, which has made her a controversy subject for featuring such these themes in children’s literature. Jacqueline Wilson is an award-winning author who has specialized in writing children’s and teen’s books.
