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Jacqueline Wilson

ジャクリーン・ウィルソン

Jakurīn Wiruson

Aliases: Dame Jacqueline Wilson / Jacqueline Aitken

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1945-12-17 （Bath, Somerset, England）
Nationality
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Residence History
Bath, Somerset → Surrey → Kingston upon Thames → East Sussex

Career

Occupations
Writer, Novelist, Children's author
Active Years
1969-2024
Affiliations
University of Roehampton, Royal Society of Literature
Memberships
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL)
Influenced By
Noel Streatfeild, Louisa May Alcott, Susan Coolidge
Nominations
Carnegie Medal Highly Commended (The Story of Tracy Beaker, 1991), Carnegie Medal Highly Commended (Double Act, 1995)

Education

Coombe Girls' School
General
Period: 1957-1961
Year of Graduation: 1961
Country: United Kingdom
Carshalton Technical College
General
Period: 1961-1962
Year of Graduation: 1962
Country: United Kingdom
Left at age 16

Awards

Guardian Children's Fiction Prize
1999
Work: The Illustrated Mum
Category: 子供向け小説
Organization: The Guardian
Result: winner
British Book Award
2000
Work: The Illustrated Mum
Category: 年間子供向け書籍
Result: winner
British Book Award
2003
Work: Girls in Tears
Category: 年間子供向け書籍
Result: winner
Officer of the Order of the British Empire
2002
Work: Services to Literacy in Schools
Organization: British Monarch
Result: 受章
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
2008
Work: Services to Literature
Organization: British Monarch
Result: 受章
Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
2025
Work: Services to literature
Organization: British Monarch
Result: 受章

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Story of Tracy Beaker

1991 Realist children's fiction

Story of a girl living in a children's care home.

care homefamily
Adaptations
  • [TV series] The Story of Tracy Beaker (2002)
  • [TV series] Tracy Beaker Returns (2010)

Double Act

1995 Realist children's fiction

Story of twin sisters.

twinsacting
Adaptations
  • [TV film] Double Act (2002)
  • [Stage play] Double Act / Vicky Ireland (2003)

The Illustrated Mum

1999 Realist children's fiction

Story of a tattooed mother and her daughters.

mental illnessfamily
Adaptations
  • [TV miniseries] The Illustrated Mum (2003)

Hetty Feather

2009 Historical children's fiction

Story of a girl raised in a foundling hospital.

orphanVictorian era
Adaptations
  • [TV series] Hetty Feather (2015)

Bibliography

  • See Jacqueline Wilson bibliography

Adaptations

  • Many works adapted to TV on CBBC, Channel 4, etc.

Translations of Works

  • Translated into many languages including Japanese

Style & Themes

Literary Style
RealismChild's perspectiveColloquial language
Recurring Motifs
adoptiondivorcemental illnessbullyingfamily issues

Health

  • Heart failure
    2008-
    Underwent major heart surgery
  • Chronic kidney disease (stage 3)
    2013-
    Underwent haemodialysis, wrote 100th book with left hand, later kidney transplant

Legacy

Authored over 100 children's books tackling realistic issues like adoption and divorce. Most borrowed library author in UK, served as Children's Laureate 2005-2007. Many adaptations to TV.

Academic Societies

  • Royal Society of Literature

In Popular Culture

  • Works adapted into long-running CBBC series like Tracy Beaker
  • Recognized as a gay icon after coming out

Trivia

  • Wrote her first 'book' 'Meet the Maggots' at age 9, 21 pages long.
  • School nickname 'Jacky Daydream' used as autobiography title.
  • Took A-level English at age 40, earning grade A.
  • Came out as gay in 2020, partner Trish Beswick for 18 years.