The daughter of a country gentleman, Elizabeth Bennet, meets Fitzwilliam Darcy, a rich aristocratic landowner. Mr Darcy seems to have more pride than money. Nobody likes him, least of all Elizabeth Bennet. But not everyone is who they seem… Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775 at the Steventon rectory, Hampshire, UK. Jane began writing stories, plays and poetry at age 12. Her first novel Sense and Sensibility was published anonymously in 1811. She went on to publish another three novels in her lifetime, Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma (1815) also anonymously, which was common for female novelists during this period, as it was deemed immodest to seek fame. She died in 1817, and her novels Northanger Abbey and Persuasion were published shortly after her death. Malorie Blackman is the author of Noughts and Crosses, Black & White and Knife's Edge. She held the position of Children's Laureate in the UK from 2013 to 2015.