Jacqueline Wilson also made the 1999 Whitbread Awards shortlist. "The Story of Tracy Beaker" won the 2002 Blue Peter People's Choice Award. "Girls in Tears" was the Children's Book of the Year at the 2003 British Book Awards. Two of her books were "Highly Commended" runners-up for the annual Carnegie Medal: "The Story of Tracy Beaker" (1991) and "Double Act" (1995). In June 2002, Wilson was appointed an OBE for services to literacy in schools and from 2005 to 2007 she served as the fourth Children's Laureate. In that role Wilson urged parents and child-care providers to continue reading aloud to children
Tracy McMillan Tracy McMillan Tracy McMillan (born September 12, 1964) is an American author, television writer and relationship expert. McMillan is known for the 2011 viral blog post "Why You're Not Married," which for two years was the most-viewed article on "Huffington Post", and is fourth-most read post of all time. She also wrote a book based on the piece, "Why You're Not Married... Yet" (Ballantine, 2012). Her screenwriting credits include "Mad Men", "Necessary Roughness", "Chase", "Life on Mars", and "The United States of Tara". She won the 2010 Writers Guild of America Awards for for "Mad Men", along with other writers