Toppsta - Childrens Books – Reviews

 Piers Torday began his career in theatre and then television as a producer and writer. His bestselling first book for children,  The Last Wild  , was shortlisted for the Waterstones Children's Book Award and nominated for the CILIP Carnegie Medal as well as numerous other awards. His second book,  The Dark Wild  , won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. His most recent book for children,  There May Be A Castle  , was published in October 2016 to critical acclaim and was a Children's Book of the Year for  The Times  .

  The son of the late Paul Torday (author of  Salmon Fishing in the Yemen  ) Piers recently completed his father's final unfinished novel,  The Death of an Owl  . He also adapted John Masefield's classic  The Box of Delights  for stage in 2017.

  In regular demand as a speaker at schools and festivals, Piers is also a reading helper with Beanstalk, a former judge on the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a Patron of Reading at Heathmere School and a trustee of the Pleasance Theatre.

  Born in Northumberland, Piers now lives in London with his husband and their dog Huxley.