Malorie's first career was working with computers. Computers still play a vital role in her life, she loves playing games on them, surfs the net to research information for her books and always writes her plans and stories directly onto her computer.

As she was growing up, Malorie thought she would be an English teacher. Although she enjoyed writing, she envisaged it to be the profession of an elderly white man living in the country! Her spare time from work and family is now given to sharing her success with her readers, making school visits and giving talks about her books and the writing process.