Malorie Blackman

Malorie Blackman has just been appointed as the new Children's Laureate. She has inherited the position from Julia Donaldson (of Gruffalo fame) and it seems timely that we now have a Laureate who will champion the cause of teenage readers. Malorie Blackman's next book 'Noble Conflict' has literally just been published and will arrive in the library early next week. Read what she thinks about her new position and about her early struggles with racism here.