Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary. The Last Wild is followed by the sequel (and concluding volume) The Dark Wild. After working as a producer and writer in theatre, live comedy and TV, he now lives in London where there are more animals that you might think. 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.īorn in Northumberland, he now lives in London with his husband and hopefully a cat. 8OFF Piers Torday - The Last Wild - 9781780878300 - V9781780878300. Piers Torday was born in Northumberland, which is possibly the one part of England where more animals live than people. 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 (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, April 2016). His next book for children, There May Be A Castle, will be published in October 2016. The third book in the trilogy, The Wild Beyond, was published in 2015 to critical acclaim. His second book, The Dark Wild, won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. 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. Piers began his career in theatre and then television as a producer and writer.
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