Jacqueline wilson biography facts worksheet
This lovely Jacqueline Wilson Fact File Template is great for organising and guiding children's research about this amazing author....
Wilson began her career writing for magazines |
In a career spanning 35 years, she has sold more than 30 million books and, for the past four years, has been the most-borrowed author in British libraries.
Her most famous creation, Tracy Beaker, is a 10-year-old girl placed in a care home as a result of domestic violence.
But Wilson has written more than 80 books, many dealing with gritty social subjects such as teenage pregancy, divorce and failed suicides.
The free resources below share twenty facts about her life.
Young mother
Wilson was born Jacqueline Aitken in Bath in 1945 and spent much of her childhood in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey, where she still lives today.
She has described her upbringing as unhappy, and says she remained scared of her father's "unpredictable rage" even as an adult.
Growing up in the 1950s, she longed to be a