Michaela Morgan facts for kids
Michaela Morgan is a super talented British writer and poet. She writes amazing books for kids and teens! Since 1987, she has created over 150 different books. Every year, she writes two or three new stories. Her books include fun picture books for younger kids and exciting novels for older readers. People all over the world can read her stories. Some of her books are even on the Signed Stories website. This site shows her books in sign language for kids who are deaf or hard of hearing.
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Awards She's Won
Michaela Morgan has received many special awards for her books. These awards show how much readers and experts love her stories.
Recognized for Great Books
In 2013, Michaela was a finalist for the Blue Peter Book Award. This is a very popular award chosen by kids! She was also named an International Reading Association Children's Choice in 2008. This means kids from around the world picked her book as one of their favorites.
Winning Top Prizes
Michaela won the United Kingdom Reading Association Award in 1995. This group is now called the United Kingdom Literacy Association. Winning this award showed her books were helping kids learn to read and love stories.
Shortlisted for Specific Books
In 2008, her book Respect was a finalist for the Birmingham Libraries Award. Respect tells the story of Walter Tull, a brave Black hero from the First World War. Her book Night Flight was also a finalist for the Surrey Libraries Award in 2009. In 2017, her collection of poems called Wonderland: Alice in Poetry was a finalist for the Clippa Poetry Award.
How She Started Writing
Michaela Morgan has had an interesting journey to becoming a famous author. She didn't start out just writing books!
Early Career Steps
Before she became a full-time writer, Michaela worked as a teacher. She even owned her own shop! In the mid-1980s, she began her writing career with a series of picture books called Edward.
Working with Publishers
Michaela works with many different publishing companies. Some of her most popular and long-running books are the Cool Clive series. These books are published by Oxford University Press.
Her Latest Stories
Michaela is always writing new and exciting books. Some of her recent titles include Charming and Never Shake a Rattlesnake. The amazing artist Nick Sharratt drew the pictures for Never Shake a Rattlesnake. She also wrote Walter Tull's Scrapbook, which tells more about the brave soldier Walter Tull.
