Michaela Morgan is a British children's author and poet. She has written more than 120 titles since 1987, ranging from picture books to junior novels. Her work is published internationally, and is also included on the Signed Stories web site where books are performed in sign language for hearing-impaired children.

Awards

Morgan was named an International Reading Association Children's Choice (2008) and won the United Kingdom Reading Association (now United Kingdom Literacy Association)'s 1995 Award. More recently she was shortlisted in the Birmingham Libraries Award, 2008 for Respect (Barrington Stoke) about the black First World War hero, Walter Tull

Walter Tull

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 and the Surrey Libraries Award 2009 for Night Flight.

History

She started her career with the Edward series of picture books in the mid-1980s, having previously worked as a teacher and run her own shop. She works with a wide variety of publishers, though some of her longest running titles have been the Cool Clive books with Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press is the largest university press in the world. It is a department of the University of Oxford and is governed by a group of 15 academics appointed by the Vice-Chancellor known as the Delegates of the Press. They are headed by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as...

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Her latest titles include Happy Birthday Sausage and Never shake a rattle snake, illustrated by the award-winning artist Nick Sharratt

Nick Sharratt

Nick Sharratt is a British illustrator and author of children's books, and was chosen to be the Official Illustrator for World Book Day 2006...

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External links

• Official Website