Piers Torday

Piers Torday (born 1974) is a British children's writer. The son of the novelist Paul Torday, he was born in Northumberland and was a theatre and television producer for many years. ^{[1] [2]}

His book The Dark Wild (2014) won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize for 2014. ^[3] After Torday's father died, leaving an unfinished novel manuscript The Death of An Owl, Torday completed the novel. ^[1]

Torday's adaptation of John Masefield's The Box of Delights was performed at Wilton's Music Hall in Shadwell in east London between 1 December 2017 and 6 January 2018, ^[4] and revived at the same venue between 30 November 2018 and 5 January 2019. ^[5] It was revived by the Royal Shakespeare Company from 31 October 2023, running until 7 January 2023.

He has visited schools and libraries across the UK such as Edward Peake Middle School.

Works

• The Lost Magician, 2019
• The Frozen Sea, 2019
• The Last Wild, 2013
• The Dark Wild, 2014
• The Wild Beyond, 2015
• There May Be a Castle, 2016
• The Wild Before, 2021

References

1. Piers Torday: finishing his father’s last novel, The Guardian, 7 May 2016.
2. Piers Torday website, accessed 6 March 2018
3. Emily Drabble, Piers Torday wins for 'wildly inventive' adventure, The Guardian , 14 November 2014.
4. "The Box of Delights". Wilton's. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
5. "The Box of Delights by Piers Torday based on the novel by John Masefield". www.wiltons.org.uk. Retrieved 14 January 2019.