Noughts & Crosses author Malorie Blackman has reflected on the novel – explaining why she sees the 2001 book as still being as pertinent “in the times we’re living in” today.
The author’s much-celebrated young adult novel imagined a Britain where Black people were the privileged “Crosses” class, while a white underclass (“Noughts”) suffered racism and prejudice. Its central characters were Sephy and Callum, two teenagers who were forced to keep their interracial romance a secret.
