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Jacqueline Wilson - Children's author

Sarah Montague speaks to Jacqueline Wilson, the most borrowed author from British libraries over the last 10 years. Why does she draw on such bleak territory for her books?

Over the past ten years Jacqueline Wilson has been the most borrowed author from British libraries. She's sold 30 million of her books just in the UK and has written nearly a hundred of them over the years. They almost always focus on a young girl in a difficult family usually being brought up singlehandedly by her mother, sometimes with an abusive stepfather. They often feature drink or drugs. Sarah Montague asks why she draws on such bleak territory.

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