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Malorie Blackman

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in London, The United Kingdom

February 08

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Young Adult, Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy

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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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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…moreRead! 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…moreIn 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…

Iago howls… with laughter.

My book Chasing the Stars was inspired by Shakespeare’s 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 – thanks to Iago. Once he realises how he’d been duped, Othello is desperate to know why Iago did it? Iago answers:

‘Demand me nothing. What you know, you know.
From this time forth I never will speak word.’

Iago is warned that ‘Torments will ope thy lips.’ He’s going to be tortured for what he’s done. My scene above shows Cassio, who has taken over after Othello’s death, still trying to get Iago to at least apologise for what he did. Iago, though in pain, laughs in Cassio’s face. I don’t 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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Average rating: 4.07 · 212,309 ratings · 14,375 reviews · 161 distinct works • Similar authors

	Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 84,970 ratings — published 2001 — 93 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) 4.05 avg rating — 27,258 ratings — published 2003 — 51 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 — 22,379 ratings — published 2005 — 38 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) 4.11 avg rating — 16,958 ratings — published 2008 — 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
	Boys Don't Cry 4.04 avg rating — 11,955 ratings — published 2010 — 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
	Pig Heart Boy 3.82 avg rating — 7,109 ratings — published 1997 — 26 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) 4.08 avg rating — 4,815 ratings — published 2019	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) 3.90 avg rating — 4,547 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
	Endgame (Noughts & Crosses, #6) 4.05 avg rating — 2,601 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
	Hacker 3.86 avg rating — 2,508 ratings — published 1992 — 24 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’re floating up and up in your bubble, that bubbles have a habit of bursting. The higher you climb, the further you have to fall.”
― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses

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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.”
― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses

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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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Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (write-in)

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When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead (write-in)

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13 Days of Midnight by Leo Hunt

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