When I was a young father and teaching at a local primary school in Kent.
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Michael Morpurgo
British children's writer
United Kingdom · b. 1943
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Michael Morpurgo, 68, was born in St Albans. After university, he became a teacher, and in 1974 published his first book for children, It Never Rained: Five Stories. He was the children's laureate from 2003 to 2005, and his best known titles include Private Peaceful, When The Whales Came and War Horse, a runner-up in the Whitbread Book Awards. The stage adaptation of War Horse was a hit for the National Theatre in 2007, and the show continues to run in the West End. Steven Spielberg's film adaptation will be released next year. An exhibition, War Horse: Fact & Fiction, is at the National Army Museum in London until 31 August 2012.
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