As a teenager she started work for a magazine publishing company and then went on to work as a journalist on Jackie magazine (which she was told was named after her!) before turning to writing novels full-time.

She always wanted to be a writer and wrote her first ‘novel’ when she was nine, filling in countless Woolworths’ exercise books as she grew up. Jacqueline Wilson was born in Bath in 1945, but spent most of her childhood in Kingston-on-Thames. These stories are a great introduction to her writing for kids not quite ready for Tracy Beaker or Double Act. And when they clack together, suddenly Connie can swim like a mermaid … Jacqueline Wilson proves once again why she is considered by many to be the most popular children’s author writing today in the UK. Then Nurse Meade gives Connie some more blue beads. Everyone says she should go because she’ll love it, and even Charles and Claire, the twins, like the water. She can’t swim and she hates going to the pool. Connie and the Water Connie is scared of water. And when she clacks them together, things start to happen … Soon, everyone can see things from Connie’s point of view. So when Nurse Meade puts some blue beads in her hair, Connie’s delighted. Well, not one, but two babies! Why do they need more children? They’ve got her! Soon the house is filled with dirty nappies and screaming babies and Connie’s expected to help. Two delightful children’s stories from one of Britain’s most popular authors, Jacqueline Wilson.

Triplet Tales by Hazel Cushion