Meet Michael Morpurgo
Where do you get your ideas for books from?
From all around me. Places, people, stories I hear, little happenings, big happenings, history. I keep my eyes and ears open...
How many books have you written?
Over one hundred. Private Peaceful was the hundredth. Sounds a lot but that's fat ones, thin ones. All sorts.
Where do you write?
On my bed where I'm most comfortable. I pile the pillows up behind me and write by hand with my exercise book on my knees.
What is the favourite book that you have written?
The Butterfly Lion or Kensuke's Kingdom or War Horse or Private Peaceful.
Who's your favourite author?
Robert Louis Stevenson (Treasure Island), Rudyard Kipling (The Just So Stories) and Ted Hughes (The Iron Man).
