Malorie Blackman marks 25 years since publishing "Noughts & Crosses," her groundbreaking young adult novel set in an alternative Britain where racial hierarchies are inverted, which she wrote in response to 1990s racism and institutional injustice. The book, her 50th, became a literary phenomenon adapted for stage and television, and Blackman reflects on overcoming early skepticism about publishing works addressing racism while drawing from her own experiences of homelessness and discovering Black literature.
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Malorie Blackman marks 25 years since publishing "Noughts & Crosses," her groundbreaking young adult novel set in an alternative Britain where racial hierarchies are inverted, which she wrote in response to 1990s racism and institutional injustice. The book, her 50th, became a literary phenomenon adapted for stage and television, and Blackman reflects on overcoming early skepticism about publishing works addressing racism while drawing from her own experiences of homelessness and discovering Black literature.