His fascination with war developed from an early age. Michael grew up in St Albans in Hertfordshire, England, and during the Second World War, he was evacuated to Northumberland with lots of other children, because of the bombing raids on the cities. Approximately the same number of horses died in WWI as people, and it was research into this kind of history that inspired me to delve deeper and write the story of War Horse.” It might sound a bit sentimental but this wasn’t a silly, sentimental man, but a solid former soldier, who said he could talk to his horse when no-one else would listen, and depend on the horse during times of conflict. “I was inspired to write War Horse by a man who told me that his best friend during WWI was his horse. I write about the things that interest me, and sometimes these things are sad. My writing reflects the realities of life - the good things and the bad. People die, animals die, and bad things happen. When a child asked him, “What makes you write about sad things?” he replied, “Life is a mixture of sad times and happy times. He shared what inspired his stories when he spoke at the Thame Arts and Literary Festival in Buckinghamshire, England. Well-known children’s writer and the author of War Horse, Michael Morpurgo, is a former primary school teacher who’s developed a fascination with the First World War. Michael Morpurgo at Thame Art at Literary Festival © Susie Kearley
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