Novelist Jacqueline Wilson Publicly Comes Out
Bestselling children’s book novelist Jacqueline Wilson has spoken publicly about her personal life, revealing that she has been living with her partner Trish for 18 years. Although this might not come as a surprise to those who know the author, it is the first time she has publicly addressed the issue.
“I’ve never really been in any kind of closet. It would be such old news for anybody that has ever known anything much about me. Even the vaguest acquaintance knows perfectly well that we are a couple,” she said. The only person to be “appalled” at her relationship was her mother, she added. But: “that wasn’t too devastating for me because my mum cordially hated my ex-husband; she didn’t really approve of any of my friends.”
In her 11th book, Love Frankie, the author focuses on a gay character. She portrays a tomboy Frankie who falls for Sally, the prettiest girl in class. Wilson says she wanted to write: “a truthful, honest book about a girl falling in love with another girl. It’s certainly not aimed at young gay teenagers, it’s aimed at all teenagers who have ever worried because they haven’t fallen in love, or they have fallen in love.”
As ‘The Guardian’ reports, Wilson added that she doesn’t see herself as a mentor for teens struggling to come to terms with their sexuality. “I don’t think that girls would ever want a grey-haired, wrinkly writer as a role model if they were wanting to feel good about maybe being gay,” she said. “I’m sure they could find much more glamorous examples.”
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