Just Sayin'

This is a book of life. An inspiring life. * Benjamin Zephaniah *A powerful inspirational memoir that shows just what you can achieve with resilience, determination, ferocious hard work and talent. * Jacqueline Wilson *This book is a frank, earnest, surprising, witty, vulnerable yet open insight into the journey, mind (or heart) and life of a literary icon. * Dapo Adeola *Since childhood it has been an honour to read every story that Malorie Blackman has written. * Candice Carty Williams *It’s a total privilege to get a glimpse in to Malorie’s inner world. Her humour, boldness, sensitivity and humanity are as much on show here as any of her classics. She’s a superhero of literature, goodness knows how many readers she’s saved like me. * Zawe Ashton *‘It’s very candid, and movingly so…. Not only in Blackman a grafter- even more, and in the face of more, than we already knew. She’s someone with whom you do not mess. Good on her. She’s earned it’ * The Telegraph *Just Sayin’ is a phenomenal read, truly powerful. * Catherine Johnson *Packed full of life, love, struggle and hope - you won’t regret reading it. * Dorothy Koomson *The story of an extraordinary woman. * Sunday Times *This is a book about survival and success. * Guardian *

Malorie Blackman has written over seventy books for children and young adults, including the Noughts & Crosses series, Thief and a science-fiction thriller, Chasing the Stars. Many of her books have also been adapted for stage and television, including a BAFTA-award-winning BBC production of Pig-Heart Boy and a Pilot Theatre stage adaptation by Sabrina Mahfouz of Noughts & Crosses. There is also a major BBC production of Noughts & Crosses, with Roc Nation (Jay-Z’s entertainment company) curating the soundtrack as executive music producer. In 2005 Malorie was honoured with the Eleanor Farjeon Award in recognition of her distinguished contribution to the world of children’s books. In 2008 she received an OBE for her services to children’s literature, and between 2013 and 2015 she was the Children’s Laureate. Most recently Malorie wrote for the Doctor Who series on BBC One, and the fifth novel in her Noughts & Crosses series, Crossfire, was published by Penguin Random House Children’s in summer 2019.