Malorie Blackman Quotations

I'm a voice for children's books and children's reading.

I would like to champion diverse forms like graphic novels and works told in verse and diverse writers and illustrators and diverse authors as well.

I work in my attic, and the view is next door's chimney stack.

I wanted to have a body of work behind me before I wrote about racism.

I think what we need, especially in publishing, is more commissioning editors and editors who are people of colour.

I think fan fiction is the way most writers start, and the same goes for music and design.

I hope to instill, in every child I meet, my love and enthusiasm for reading and stories.

Children find prescriptive reading lists daunting, and they are a dangerous thing to have in schools.

Books teach children to see the world through the eyes of others and empathise with others. It's about the story.

Books allow you to see the world through the eyes of others.