The Illustrated Mum

Jacqueline Wilson is a hugely successful children’s author and has won a number of prestigious awards, including the British Children's Book of the Year and the Guardian Children's Fiction Award. In 2002 Jacqueline received an OBE for services to literacy in schools. She was the highest-borrowed author in British libraries in the last decade.

Josie Lawrence was born on June 6, 1959 in Old Hill, England as Wendy Lawrence. She is an established actress, known for Enchanted April (1991), EastEnders (1985) and The Sin Eater (1997).