{"id":686,"date":"2022-02-08T09:54:23","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T09:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/?post_type=authors&p=686"},"modified":"2023-08-25T13:57:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T12:57:53","slug":"michael-morpurgo","status":"publish","type":"authors","link":"https:\/\/thequeensreadingroom.co.uk\/authors\/michael-morpurgo\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Morpurgo"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Michael Morpurgo is an extraordinary prolific British author, poet, playwright, and librettist. He started writing while working as a teacher in a village primary school in Kent, and has since written more than a hundred books, including War Horse<\/em> (1982). In 1976, he and his wife Clare set up the charity Farms for City Children, providing children from the cities the opportunity to experience the countryside.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n