Jacqueline Wilson, born on December 17, 1945, in Bath, Somerset. is an English writer who mostly writes books for children . Her mother was an antique dealer by profession and father was a civil servant. Since her childhood, she was an imaginative child who enjoyed both inventing stories and reading.
Jacqueline Wilson went to Coombe Girls’ School. She started her writing career at the age of nine when she wrote her first novel ‘Meet the Maggots’ which was 21 sides long and the story was about a family with seven children. After leaving the school, Wilson began training as a secretary and applied for the job to work with a Dundee-based publishing company, DC Thomson, for a magazine named Jackie which was the first job of Jacqueline.
Jacqueline Wilson wrote few crime fictions before dedicating herself to children’s books. Her books were usually themed around divorce, adaptation, and mental illness which often used to attract controversies. Jacqueline had mixed success with 40 books before she got name and fame from her ma s sive successful book The Story of Tracy Beaker, published by Doubleday.
The story of Tracy Beaker was a book written from the point of view of Tracy Beaker, a very naughty ten-year-old girl. The book was so ma s sively success that a television program was made by the same name. The show was also successful because of its storyline and a great cast. Episodes are also available on YouTube. Jacqueline Wilson also wrote the sequel to the book Tracy Beaker Return and The Tracy Beaker survival Files.
While working at DC Thomson Jacqueline Wilson met a printer named Millar Wilson. They fell in love and moved to south as Millar joined the police force. In the year 1965, the couple got married and they had a beautiful daughter named Emma after two years of their marriage. In the year 2004, after 39 years of their marriage, the couple got divorced because of the personal differences between them.
Today, after two decades of her career, Jacqueline Wilson has written some great books which have been an inspiration for millions of people. Though her net worth and salary are not clear on the internet, she surely earns a lot from her hugely successful books. For more details about this talented writer's biio, you can find out more on wiki and other social sites.
by Bchrome, 31 Jul, 2016
