Twin Tales

Jacqueline Wilson started work at a publishers and then went on to work as a journalist for D.C. Thomson in Scotland where she helped found JACKIE magazine. Jacqueline's books include THE STORY OF TRACY BEAKER, THE SUITCASE KID, DOUBLE ACT, BAD GIRLS, THE DARE GAME, VICKY ANGEL, THE ILLUSTRATED MUM, DUSTBIN BABY, SECRETS, THE WORRY WEBSITE, LOLA ROSE, MIDNIGHT, BEST FRIENDS, THE DIAMOND GIRLS and CLEAN BREAK. Jacqueline has won several awards, including the Smarties Prize, The Sheffield Children's Book Award and the Children's Book Award. She has been shortlisted for the Whitbread Children's Book Prize, the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal. In 2002, Jacqueline was awarded an OBE for services to literacy. In 2004 it was announced by PLR that Jacqueline is now the most borrowed author from public libraries in the UK, toppling Catherine Cookson off the top spot after 17 years. In May 2005 Jacqueline was announced as the new Children's Laureate. Jacqueline has now sold around 20 million books and has been translated into 30 languages. She lives in Kingston-on-Thames.