Malorie Blackman (Author of Noughts & Crosses)

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Malorie Blackman

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in London, The United Kingdom

February 08

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An award-winning children's author, Malorie Blackman was honoured with an OBE in 2008. Her work has been adapted for TV and stage.

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What鈥檚 your advice for aspiring writers?

Malorie Blackman Read! Read as widely as possible, as many different authors and genres as possible. Write in your own style and with your own voice. Try to write regu鈥辞谤别Read! Read as widely as possible, as many different authors and genres as possible. Write in your own style and with your own voice. Try to write regularly, ideally every day. And don't give up.(less)

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Can you a come up with a deleted scene from your favorite Shakespeare play?

Malorie Blackman In my final scene, Cassio, who is now in charge, tries one last time to get Iago to say why he caused the deaths of so many innocent people.

Cassio:
Th鈥辞谤别In my final scene, Cassio, who is now in charge, tries one last time to get Iago to say why he caused the deaths of so many innocent people.

Cassio:
Thy hands and thy feet, they shalt be shackled,
Knave, thou art to be pulled upon the rack
Till thy skin tears and thy bones crack.
The power to forestall such grim torments
Lies within thine own grasp, if thou wouldst but admit
The why of thy sins and freely repent鈥�

Iago howls鈥� with laughter.

My book Chasing the Stars was inspired by Shakespeare鈥檚 Othello, so I have chosen to add a scene to the end of that play. I had to study Othello as one of my A Level set texts many moons ago, and it has since become one of my favourite Shakespeare plays.

My scene above takes place at the very end of the play, when Othello, Desdemona, Roderigo and Emilia are all dead 鈥� thanks to Iago. Once he realises how he鈥檇 been duped, Othello is desperate to know why Iago did it? Iago answers:

鈥楧emand me nothing. What you know, you know.
From this time forth I never will speak word.鈥�

Iago is warned that 鈥楾orments will ope thy lips.鈥� He鈥檚 going to be tortured for what he鈥檚 done. My scene above shows Cassio, who has taken over after Othello鈥檚 death, still trying to get Iago to at least apologise for what he did. Iago, though in pain, laughs in Cassio鈥檚 face. I don鈥檛 believe Iago is a man to feel remorse for what he has done or to explain himself. The scene I wrote above expresses that.

Can a person be truly one hundred per cent evil? I believe Iago comes close. (less)

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	Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.18 avg rating — 79,519 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Knife Edge (Noughts & Crosses, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 26,004 ratings — published 2003 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Checkmate (Noughts & Crosses, #3) 4.17 avg rating — 21,406 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Double Cross (Noughts & Crosses, #4) 4.12 avg rating — 16,190 ratings — published 2008 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boys Don't Cry 4.05 avg rating — 11,377 ratings — published 2010 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pig Heart Boy 3.82 avg rating — 6,673 ratings — published 1997 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Crossfire (Noughts & Crosses, #5) 4.09 avg rating — 4,352 ratings — published 2019 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	An Eye for an Eye (Noughts & Crosses, #1.5) 3.91 avg rating — 4,353 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hacker 3.85 avg rating — 2,414 ratings — published 1992 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Endgame (Noughts & Crosses, #6) 4.07 avg rating — 2,257 ratings — published 2021 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Just remember, Callum when you鈥檙e floating up and up in your bubble, that bubbles have a habit of bursting. The higher you climb, the further you have to fall.”
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“That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them.”
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“I used to comfort myself with the belief that it was only certain individuals and their peculiar notions that spoilt things for the rest of us. But how many individuals does it take before it's not the individuals who are prejudiced but society itself?”
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