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Michael Morpurgo Friend or Foe. My Friend Walter. War of Jenkins' Ear. Mr Nobody's Eyes. Adolphus Tips. Born To Run. Running Wild. Alone on a wide wide Sea. King of the Cloud Forests. The Wreck of the Zanzibar. Escape From Shangri La. Why the whales came. An elephant in the garden. Farm Boy. Little Manfred. A medal for Leroy. War Horse. Kensuke's Kingdom. Private peaceful. Shadow.
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Author
Michael Morpurgo
Author · 162 books
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 (MBE) for services to youth. In 2003, he was advanced to an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature (FRSL) 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.
