Bestselling Children’s Author Piers Torday visited us today! Piers wrote The Last Wild Collection and has won many literature awards. Piers talked to Year 4, 5 and 6 about his new fantasy book Midnight Treasure. Set in a fantasy version of Transylvania and a kingdom of vampirs, an orphaned werwolf searches for a mysterious treasure.
Piers’ Dad left him the inspiration for Midnight Treasure. During Lockdown Piers found a mysterious map of a fantasy land drawn by his dad —a wonderful world of knights, bears, forests, and lakes. He had no idea what it was or when he drew it but it was the seed of a story which grew when Piers researched his family history in Transylvania (modern day Romania).
The story was also inspired by The Hobbit, the first book his Dad read to him and his brother and the book they took turns in reading to each other during his Dad’s final days. This is such a great reminder of how special reading can be between families, stories can be timeless spanning generations and providing us with memories that we treasure!!
Thank you so much to Piers for inspiring Year 4, 5 and 6 and meeting the children for our book signing.
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