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Dame Jacqueline Wilson, DBE, FRSL (born 17 December 1945) is an English writer of children's literature. Because her novels commonly deal with themes as adoption, divorce and mental illness, her work has been called controversial because her readers are young.〔"Jacqueline Wilson". ''Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults'', 2nd ed., 8 vols. Gale Group, 2002. Reproduced in ''Biography Resource Center''. Retrieved 2 January 2010, From 2005 to 2007.〕 For her lifetime contribution as a children's writer, Wilson was a U.K. nominee for the international Hans Christian Andersen Award in 2014.〔 Wilson is the author of many book series. Her Tracy Beaker series, inaugurated in 1991 with ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'', includes three sequels and has been adapted by four CBBCtelevision four times: ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'', ''Tracy Beaker Returns'', ''The Dumping Ground'' and ''The Tracy Beaker Files''. ==Life and career== Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath, Somerset, in 1945. Her father was a civil servant; her mother was an antiques dealer. Jacqueline spent most of her childhood in Kingston upon Thames, where she went to Latchmere Primary School. She was an imaginative child who enjoyed both reading and inventing stories. She particularly enjoyed books by Noel Streatfeild, as well as American classics like ''Little Women'' and ''What Katy Did''. As early as aged seven, she filled Woolworths notebooks with stories of her imaginary games. At the age of nine she wrote her first "novel" which was 18 sides long. That story, ''Meet the Maggots'', was about a family with seven children. Although she was good at English, she had no interest in mathematics; she would often stare out the window and imagine rather than pay attention to the class, leading her final-year teacher at Latchmere to nickname her "Jacky Daydream". Jacqueline Wilson later used the nickname as the title of the first stage of her autobiography. She did very well at school. After Latchmere, she attended Coombe Girls' School, which she still visits regularly. Kingston University has named the main hall at its Penrhyn Road campus for her, "Jacqueline Wilson Hall". After leaving school at age 16, she began training as a secretary but then applied to work with the Dundee-based publishing company DC Thomson on a new girls' magazine, ''Jackie''. DC Thomson offered the 17-year-old a job after she penned a piece on the horrors of teen discos. She fell in love with a printer named Millar Wilson. When he joined the police force, the couple moved south for his work, marrying in 1965 when Jackie was 19. Two years later, they had a daughter, Emma.〔 They divorced in 2004.〔〔'WILSON, Jacqueline', ''Who's Who 2008'', A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 (retrieved 30 May 2008 ). "Born 17 Dec. 1945; d of late Harry Aitken and of Margaret Aitken (née Clibbens) who was known as Biddy; m 1965, William Millar Wilson (marr. diss. 2004); one d".〕 When Wilson focused on writing, she completed a few crime fiction novels before dedicating herself to children's books. At the age of 40, she took A-level English and earned a grade A. She had mixed success with about 40 books before the breakthrough to fame in 1991 with ''The Story of Tracy Beaker'', published by Doubleday. Two decades later, Wilson lives in a Victorian villa in Kingston upon Thames. It is filled with books; her library of some 15,000 books extends into the outbuilding at the bottom of her garden.〔() Retrieved 13 August 2008.〕 She remains a keen reader, completing a book a week despite her hectic schedule. Her favourite writers for adults include Katherine Mansfield and Sylvia Plath.〔 She also surrounds herself with old-fashioned childhood objects such as a rocking horse and antique dolls, and has a unique taste in clothes and jewellery, being known for wearing black clothes and an array of large rings. Wilson is patron of the charity Momentum in Kingston upon Thames,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Patrons )〕 which helps Surrey children undergoing treatment for cancer (and their families), and she is also patron of The Friends of Richmond Park.〔(FRP announces its new patrons ) Friends of Richmond Park website. Retrieved 30 May 2011.〕 In 2007 Wilson became a patron of the Letterbox Club, a Booktrust programme which provides enjoyable educational support for looked-after children. In June 2013, Wilson was appointed Professorial Fellow of the University of Roehampton, where she is now a Pro-Chancellor. She teaches modules in both the Children's Literature and Creative Writing master's degree (MA) programs offered by the university. In February 2014 it was announced that she will be appointed Chancellor of the University from August 2014. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jacqueline Wilson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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