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Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath, Somerset, England.
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At the age of nine, she wrote her first novel"Meet the Maggots" which was 22 pages long.
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Jacqueline Wilson married William Millar.
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Jacqueline Wilson is famous for her charater Tracy Beaker who first appeared in 1991.
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Cliffhanger, Double Act, The Story of Tracy Beaker, The Illustrated Mum, Best Friends, Girls in Love, Dustbin Baby and Tracy Beaker Returns.
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The book "The Illustrated Mum" won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award and the Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards. It was It was also shortlisted for the 1999 Whitbread Children's Book Award.
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Jacqueline Wilson's "The Story of Tracy Beaker" won the Blue
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Jacqueline Wilson was given an OBE for services to literacy in schools
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Jacqueline Wilson's "Girls in Tears" was the 2003 Children's Book of the Year at the British Book Awards.
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She replaced Catherine Cookson as the most borrowed author In British libraries. She remained that place for four years until she was overtooken by James Patterson in 2008.
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From 2005 to 2007 she was the fourth Children's Laureate.
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Jacqueline Wilson recieved an Honorary Degree from the University of Winchester in recognition of her achievements in and on behalf of children's literature.
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Jacqueline Wilson received an Honorary Doctorate (Doctor of Letters) from Roehampton University in recognition of her achievements in and on behalf of children's literature.
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In the New Year Honours 2008, Jacqueline Wilson was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE).
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Wilson was appointed professorial Fellow of Roehampton University. She will be teaching modules on both the Children's Literature MA and the Creative Writing MA offered by the university.