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Michael Morpurgo

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Born: October 04 1943

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Sir Michael Andrew Morpurgo, OBE, FRSL is the author of many books for children, five of which have been made into films. He also writes his own screenplays and libretti for opera. Born in St Albans, Hertfordshire, in 1943, he was evacuated to Cumberland during the last years of the Second World War, then returned to London, moving later to Essex. After a brief and unsuccessful spell in the army, he took up teaching and started to write. He left teaching after ten years in order to set up 'Farms for City Children' with his wife. They have three farms in Devon, Wales and Gloucestershire, open to inner city school children who come to stay and work with the animals. In 1999 this work was publicly recognised when he and his wife were invested a Member of the Order of the British Empire for services to youth. In 2003, he was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire . He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 2004. He was knighted in the 2018 for his services to literature and charity. He is also a father and grandfather, so children have always played a large part in his life. Every year he and his family spend time in the Scilly Isles, the setting for three of his books.

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Michael Morpurgo

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Books from Michael Morpurgo

War Horse

Private Peaceful

Kensuke's Kingdom

The Butterfly Lion

Shadow

An Elephant in the Garden

Alone on a Wide Wide Sea

Running Wild

Why the Whales Came

Toro! Toro!

The Mozart Question

Twist of Gold

Escape from Shangri-La

Arthur High King of Britain

Mr. Nobody's Eyes

The Nine Lives of Montezuma

The White Horse of Zennor: And Other Stories

The Great War: Stories Inspired by Items from the First World War

Outlaw: The Story of Robin Hood

Kaspar, Prince of Cats