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 Brabin End run at the Noël Coward Theatre. The production was nominated for the Best New Comedy at the Laurence Olivier Awards in 2014. Brabin's previous theatre performances include the lead role in Shelagh Stevenson's "The Long Road" at Curve in Leicester directed by Adel Al Salloum and Joy in "Meat" written by Jimmy Osbourne for London's 503 Theatre. Brabin has written for "Heartbeat", "Family Affairs", "Crossroads", "The Story of Tracy Beaker", and "Hollyoaks", on which she worked for two years. She has written for "Shameless" for Company Pictures and for three series of "Seacht" – nominated for Best Youth Programme