MORPURGO, Michael

MORPURGO, Michael. British, b. 1943. Genres: Young adult fiction. Career: Has worked as an army officer, farmer, and primary school teacher; founder and director of Farms for City Children (educational charity); writer. Publications: YOUNG ADULT FICTION: It Never Rained, 1974; Thatcher Jones, 1975; Friend or Foe, 1977; Do All You Dare, 1978; The Ghost-Fish, 1979; That's How, 1979; Love at First Sight, 1979; The Day I Took the Bull by the Horn, 1979; The Nine Lives of Montezuma, 1980; The Marble Crusher, 1980; Miss Wirtle's Revenge, 1981; War Horse, 1982; The White Horse of Zennor, 1982; Twist of Gold, 1983; Little Foxes, 1984; Why the Whales Came, 1985; Tom's Sausage Lion, 1986; King of the Cloud Forests, 1987; Jo-Jo the Melon Donkey, 1987; Conker, 1987; Mossop's Last Chance, 1988; My Friend Walter, 1988; Mr. Nobody's Eyes, 1989; Waiting for Anya, 1990; And Pigs Might Fly!, 1990; Albertine, Goose Queen, 1990; Martians at Mudpuddle Farm, 1991; The Sandman and the Turtles, 1991; Colly's Barn, 1991; Jigger's Day Off, 1992; The King in the Forest, 1993; The War of Jenkins' Ear, 1993; Snakes and Ladders, 1994; The Wreck of the Zanzibar, 1994; The Dancing Bear, 1994; Arthur, High King of Britain (retelling), 1994; Mum's the Word, 1995; Blodin the Beast, 1995; Long Way Home, 1996; The Ghost of Grania O'Malley, 1996; Robin of Sherwood (retelling), 1996; The Butterfly Lion, 1996; Sam's Duck, 1996; Red Eyes At Night, 1997; Escape from Shangri-La, 1998; Joan of Arc of Domremy (retelling), 1998. EDITOR: (with C. Simmons) Living Poets, 1974; All Around the Year, 1979; (with G. Barrett) The Story-Teller, 2 vols., 1979, 1981; Ghostly Haunts, 1994; Muck and Magic, 1996; Beyond the Rainbow Warrior, 1996; Farm Boy, 1997. Address: Langlands, Iddesleigh, Winkleigh, Devon EX19 8SN, England.