Portrait of Michael Morpurgo
Author
Michael Morpurgo
Children's Author
Michael Morpurgo is an English author who has written more than 150 books for children, most of them rooted in a real event, place or person he has gone looking for.
War Horse (1982), told from the point of view of a horse sold into the First World War, became a National Theatre play and a film. His other books include Kensuke’s Kingdom, Private Peaceful, The Butterfly Lion, Waiting for Anya and Flamingo Boy.
With his wife Clare he founded Farms for City Children in 1976, which brings city schoolchildren to work on farms for a week. He served as Children’s Laureate from 2003 to 2005.
