Michael morpurgo s novel private peaceful was partly inspired by the memorial of a young soldier that he saw in the bedford house cemetery in ypres flanders.

Michael morpurgo family tree background. Sebastian horatio and rosalind and several grandchildren. Children s writer michael morpurgo is a believer in action as well as words. He has written more than 150 novels and won many prizes including the smarties prize the whitbread award and the blue peter book award while several of his books have been adapted for stage and screen including the global theatrical phenomenon war horse. His mother was actress kippe cammaerts and he was the biological son of actor tony van bridge although he was raised by his stepfather jack morpurgo.

He likes listening to mozart but he can only write in a silent room. A few years after the book first published maxine keeble was researching her family tree and thought that there might be a connection. He has three children. Michael morpurgo farms for city children michael and his wife clare founded farms for city children in 1976 at nethercott farm deep in devon river country and michael has called the project his greatest story.

And this is how he discovers the story of robbie mcleod a distant ancestor. Robbie s story is a sad one. He married clare lane the daughter of the founder of penguin books and he has three children named sebastian rosalind and horatio. Encouraged by his granddaughter miya he decides to become a silver surfer and research his family tree.

Michael morpurgo obe is one of britain s best loved writers for children and has sold more than 35 million books around the world. War horse author michael morpurgo 76 reveals the items of significance in his tea house in his garden on the edge of dartmoor in devon. He cherishes a drawing of a tiger standing up and singing. In 1976 he and his wife clare began farms for city children which now has three farms that have received over 50 000 children from all over the uk giving them the experience of the natural world in the heart of the countryside.

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