Writer's Block: Book review

[rebness]

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Infuriating question.

There are a lot of books I dislike and would prefer never to have existed, but it's entirely up to people if they want to be daft enough to read something bad. Who are we to censor other people? There are a lot of hateful texts out there, but if you read Mein Kampf and decide that you now hate Jews, the problem lies with you yourself.

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[pandorasblog]

Yeeeeaaah, successful though they are, I can't see his books playing well to the American market. I mean, the teens would probably love them, but TPTB, not so much!

Now I'm curious, though - do you get Jacqueline Wilson's books over there? She's probably our biggest children's/teenage author after J.K. Rowling, does a lot of stuff about kids' everyday lives and concerns, and is famous for having had one of our classic teen magazines, Jackie, named after her in the 70s.

What's fascinating to me as a wannabe YA author is how successful her branding is over and above her existing genius for communicating with kids - she's got a very distinctive illustrator called Nick Sharrat, and since they made a TV series based on The Story of Tracy Beaker, there's been merch with the same look, but it doesn't just seem like cash-in stuff. I know you're always studying how YA authors do what they do, so here's her website:
http://www.jacquelinewilson.co.uk/

If I run across another copy of Lady: My Life as a Bitch I'll pass it on to you - appleredhair's got dibs on the one I read! :)