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          Michael Morpurgo


          OBE FRSL FKC DL

          Morpurgo in 2002

          BornMichael Andrew Bridge
          (1943-10-05) 5 October 1943 (age 81)
          St Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom
          Occupation
          Alma materKing's College London
          Notable worksWar Horse, Why the Whales Came, Private Peaceful
          Spouse
          Children3
          ParentsTony Van Bridge (father)
          Kippe Cammaerts (mother)

          Sir Michael Andrew Bridge MorpurgoOBE FRSL FKC DL (néBridge; 5 October 1943) is an English book author, poet, playwright, and librettist who is known best for children's novels such as War Horse (1982).

          His work is noted for its "magical storytelling", for recurring themes such as the triumph of an outsider or survival, for characters' relationships with nature, and for vivid settings such as the Cornish coast or the trenches of the First World War.

          Morpurgo was the third Children's Laureate, from 2003 to 2005, and is President of BookTr