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
The Indian Story of an Author complications of Indian publishing system. The Indian Story of an Author The Indian Story of an Author is a creative nonfiction book written by Gaurav Sharma. The first edition of "The Indian Story of an Author" was published in July 2018 by Think Tank Books. The book was created out of the frustration of the author when he pitched one of his manuscripts ("God of the Sullied") to the publishers in India only to face their rejections on unclear grounds. It only has one brief chapter that summarises the irony of getting published in India with manuscripts other than romance