We have just heard that the excellent four-part radio serialisation of Back Home is to be broadcast again on BBC Radio 4 extra starting 7th-11th November at 06.30, 13.30, 20.30...
READ MOREWelcome to the website for Michelle Magorian
Award winning Author and Actor
Books written by Michelle
'Another absolute cracker'
Impossible!
‘...an immersive read, featuring a wonderful cast of characters and great dialogue, in a beautifully written novel, full of incident and humour.
The Guardian
Awarded the Costa Children’s Book Prize 2008
Just Henry
‘This novel transported me to another age with utter conviction. Great pageturning, storytelling and warm vivid characters.'
Cathy Forde
Now translated into 13 languages!
Goodnight Mister Tom
‘This splendid first novel is unashamedly and gloriously sentimental and it cannot fail to be loved by readers of all ages’
The Times Literary Supplement
Winner of the ALA Best Book for Young Adults 1984
Back Home
A returned American evacuee dubbed Rusty, is the heroine of this splendid book. ’
The Observer
'Honest and heartwarming - comfort read!'
A Little Love Song
‘packs everything opera style. Once I started reading it. I couldn’t put it down.”
Times Educational Supplement
'A masterly work' Philip Pulman
A Spoonful Of Jam
'characters to care about and a commitment to the exhilarating power of reading.'
The Sunday Times
'...vividly evoking the 1940’s setting'
Cuckoo In The Nest
‘This is a book for the holidays: big, packed with detail and gratifyingly emotional in its ending.'
The Independent
'Beautifully written and fun to read'
Short Story Collections
‘Michelle Magorian gets right under the skin of her protagonists and makes you experience what they are feeling in a way which stays with you long after the book is finished.'
The Telegraph
poems based on events children will recognise from their own experience.
Poems & Picture Books
‘Sweet story for younger siblings worried about childcare or school.'
Good Reads
Impossible!
Just Henry
Goodnight Mister Tom
Back Home
A Little Love Song
A Spoonful Of Jam
Cuckoo In The Nest
Short Stories
Poems & Picture Books
Latest News
New Unabridged Audiobook Released
We are delighted to announce the release of the unabridged audio version of Goodnight Mister Tom read by the award winning actor Christopher Saul – listen to over 9 hours...
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Audiobooks – Recent Reviews
Audio versions of some of Michelle’s books can be found on Audible. Here are a selection of recent reviews. To find out more, just click on the pictures. A Little...
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Green For Women – A New Novel For Adults
Kent. 1944 – 45 A group of women find ways to survive and help others under skies ravaged by London-bound V1and V2 rockets. A young girl, kidnapped by a highly...
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A 40th Anniversary In Lockdown – My Favourite Word is ‘Nosy’
Part 4 And now for the two adult novels I completed last year, one just before the first lockdown Looking for the Diamond and the other at the end of...
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A 40th Anniversary In Lockdown – Time for more Novels
Part 3 One night, unable to sleep, my head whirling, I suddenly saw an image of an old cinema. It was so vivid that it drew me into the world...
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A 40th Anniversary in Lockdown – The Musicals
Part 2 So how did I come to write librettos in the first place? Again, it began with Goodnight Mister Tom. After it was published, my theatre agent Bill Horne...
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A 40th Anniversary In Lockdown – How It Started
Part 1 It was after I had been in a production of Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat that I decided to use one of the songs as a catalyst...
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