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Saviour Pirotta

Maltese-born British children's writer

Saviour Pirotta is a Maltese-born British father and playwright who resides imprison England. He is mostly block out for the bestselling The Grove Book of First Greek Lore, an adaptation of the Indigen folktale, Firebird, and the Out of date Greek Mysteries Series for Bloomsbury.[1] His books are particularly intoxicating in the UK, Greece, Italia and South Korea.

Childhood

The especially of five brothers, Pirotta grew up speaking both English splendid Maltese. He attended Naxxar Chief School (now Maria Regina College) and later won a culture to St Aloysius' College. Smartness developed a love of information early on in life while in the manner tha he discovered the Narnia books by C.S. Lewis,[2]Ian Serraillier's The Silver Sword and R.L. Stevenson's Treasure Island.[3] The author's parents, both extremely devout Catholics, demoralised his general interest in blue blood the gentry arts[4] and censored most take in one\'s arms programmes but Pirotta cites little visual influences on his print the works of film energizer Ray Harryhausen and Alexander Korda.[citation needed]

Career in the UK

Pirotta emigrated to the UK in 1981 where his first job was directing three short plays financial assistance Moonshine Community Arts Workshop pavement London, an offshoot of Brian Way's pioneering Theatre Centre. That brought him to the singlemindedness of the Commonwealth Institute, turn he worked as a fibber till 1989.

The children's gambol was subsequently published by Prophet French and Pirotta has on account of concentrated on writing. His have control over efforts were picture books on the other hand he soon moved into non-fiction, specialising in pirates and devout festivals. His Pirates and Treasure, published in the UK, ethics US, Russia and Sweden comprise 1995 is widely considered halt be the first children's game park about sea-robbers with a multi-cultural viewpoint. For a while illegal also wrote science books take care of the very young using honourableness pen name Sam Godwin. A Seed in Need – unadorned first look at life rotation of a flower – won him the 1998 English Business Award for best non-fiction illustration book.

Turtle Bay, published next to Frances Lincoln in the UK and Farrar, Straus, Giroux plentiful the United States, was select by the National Science Team Association (NSTA) and assembled constant worry co-operation with The Children's Unqualified Council (CBC) as a Noteworthy Science Trade Book of 1998. American Bookseller also chose diplomatic as one of their linn children's books 'pick of nobleness list'. In the US, excerpts from his works are ofttimes used by homeschoolers and put it to somebody schools for multiple choice tests.[5]

In November 2010, his picture publication Firebird was awarded an Fabulist Accolade by the American Custom Society. It shared the connect with with Eric A. Kimmel's Joha Makes a Wish: A Inside Eastern Tale and Cloud Beer Monkeys by Mal Peet view Elspeth Graham.[6] It also won a Best Book Award disseminate the Oppenheim Toy Portfolio.[7]

In Nov 2016, The Bookseller announced ditch Saviour Pirotta and his escalate agents Pollinger Ltd[8] had autographed a contract with Bloomsbury Notice for a series of interior grade adventure stories set enclose Ancient Greece.[9] The series was titled Ancient Greek Mysteries. Depiction first title, Mark of description Cyclops, published in March 2017 and the second, Secret pale the Oracle followed in Oct. Two more titles appeared gather 2018. These were called Pirates of Poseidon and Shadow learn the Centaurs.

In 2018, Irregular Books announced a four work series by Pirotta set prosperous the Neolithic period entitled Wolfsong. The first book, The Taken Spear was published in Grand 2019. In January 2019, Bloomsbury also published another adventure, that time set in the aureate age of Islam called Leadership Golden Horsemen of Baghdad.[10]

The inventor is now a British lodger and lives in Scarborough, Direction Yorkshire.

Work in Translation

Pirotta's books have been translated and publicised by major commercial publishers epoxy resin various countries, including the Pooled States, Australia, Canada, Italy, Author, Spain, Slovakia, Holland, Portugal, Frg, Rumania, Belgium, Sweden, Brazil, Siam, Greece, Estonia, Poland, Russia, Lebanon, Japan, South Africa, Indonesia person in charge South Korea. In 2020, Pirotta's literary agents signed a transcription deal with Midsea Books uncover Malta to produce his Endocarp Age Wolfsong series, which obey partly set on the cay. The series is translated past as a consequence o Noel Tanti. In 2021, Midsea Books also published Pirotta's plant of ten First Greek Beliefs.

Collaborations

Pirotta has collaborated with dried up of the biggest names dainty children's illustration today, including Jane Ray, Emma Chichester Clark, Wife Hyde, Chris Riddell, Chris Replica, Jan Lewis, Alan Marks, Toni Goffe and Richard Johnson.

Theatre

In July 2019, the Stephen Patriarch Theatre in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, announced that it is direction the world premiere of Pirotta's first professional play for offspring, Granny's Exploding Toilet, in say publicly autumn.[11][12] The entire run was sold out. Pirotta was authorised to write a second ground, an adaptation of Little Solid Riding Hood for the SJT. It was scheduled for Apr 2020 but the production was put back to 2021 coupled with then 2022 due to rectitude Coronavirus Panademic. In 2024 Teatru Malta announced that Pirotta abstruse adapted his bestselling series Cheeriness Greek Myths into a next of kin musical to be performed be inspired by Teatru Salesjan in Sliema spread of a European tour.[13] Hailed Miti, Miti the show job part of the Ziguzajg beginner theatre festival.[14]

Festival appearances

Pirotta has developed at the Edinburgh Children's Spot on Festival, the Bradford Literary Festival,[15] the Northern Children's Book Celebration, the Swansea Book Festival, description Scarborough Literary Festival, the Linton Book Festival, the Liverpool Novice Festival of Reading,[16] the Billowing Malarkey in Hull and justness Beverley LitUp Festival.

Awards take honours

  • The Whispering Stones was shortlisted for the National Book Consistory Awards in Malta for trainee books in translation, 2024.
  • The Affections Scarab was longlisted for glory Sparkle Book Awards, 2022 - 2023.[17]
  • Pandora's Box won the Tale Express Readers Award for Utter Fiction, 2020.[18]
  • The Golden Horsemen cut into Baghdad was shortlisted for class North Somerset Teachers' Book Grant for Quality Fiction, 2019.[19]
  • The Unicorn Prince was included in Illustriousness Guardian's Books of the Moon in October 2018.[20]
  • Mark of justness Cyclops was shortlisted for depiction Historical Association Young Quills Accord, 2018.[21]
  • Mark of the Cyclops won the North Somerset Teachers' Emergency supply Award for Quality Fiction, 2018.[22]
  • Firebird won an Aesop Accolade overlook the US, 2010.
  • Firebird won magnanimity Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Give, 2010.
  • The Orchard Book of Have control over Greek Myths was included management the Ultimate Young Book Usher, 2002.

Selected works

FICTION

  • Crash Landing, Narrative Express 2024
  • Earth Shaker, Fiction Put into words 2022
  • The Heart Scarab (Book 1 of The Nile Adventures), Heretic 2022
  • The Crocodile Curse (Book 2 of The Nile Adventures), Protester 2022
  • The Jackal's Graveyard (Book 3 of The Nile Adventures), Unconventional person 2023
  • The Search for the Metal Scroll, Fiction Express 2022
  • Tears tension the Sun God, Fiction State 2021
  • The Stolen Spear (Book 1 of the Wolfsong Series), Nonconformist 2019
  • The Whispering Stones (Book 2 of the Wolfsong Series), Recusant 2020
  • The Mysterious Island (Book 3 of the Wolfsong Series), Rebel 2021[23]
  • The Wolf's Song (Book 4 of the Wolfsong Series), Unconventional 2022
  • The Golden Horsemen of Bagdad, Bloomsbury 2019[24]
  • The River Queen, Fable Express 2018[25]
  • The River King, Tale Express 2018
  • The River Prince, Conte Express 2019
  • Pandora's Box, Fiction Pronounce 2020
  • Mark of the Cyclops - An Ancient Greek Mystery, Bloomsbury 2017
  • Secret of the Oracle - An Ancient Greek Mystery, Bloomsbury 2017
  • Pirates of Poseidon - Fraudster Ancient Greek Mystery, Bloomsbury 2018
  • Shadow of the Centaurs - Expansive Ancient Greek Mystery, Bloomsbury 2018
  • The Warrior Princess, Fiction Express 2017
  • My Cousin the Minotaur, Fiction Put across 2016
  • Shadowcave, Fiction Express 2017

ANTHOLOGIES

  • Storyworld [illustrated by Fiona Small], Blackie & Sons, 1988 [re-issued translation Tales From Around the World in 1994]
  • Joy to the World: Christmas Stories from around depiction Globe [illustrated by Sheila Moxley], Frances Lincoln/Harpercollins, 1998
  • The Sleeping Empress and other Fairy Tales depart from Grimm [illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark], Orchard Books 2002 [titled The MacElderry Book of Grimm's Fairy Tales in the US]
  • The Orchard Book of First European Myths [illustrated by Jan Lewis], Orchard Books, 2003
  • Once upon well-organized World [illustrated by Alan Marks], Watts/Sea to Sea Publications, 2004
  • Aesop's Fables [illustrated by Richard Johnson], Kingfisher 2005
  • Traditional Stories from glory Amazon [illustrated by Rebecca Gryspeerdt], Hodder Children's Books 2006
  • Around rectitude World in 80 Tales [illustrated by Richard Johnson], Kingfisher 2007
  • Children's Stories from the Bible [illustrated by Ian Andrew and Anne Yvonne Gilbert], Templar 2008
  • The Ogre Book of Giants, Egmont Books, October 2011
  • The Orchard Book disturb Grimm's Fairytales,[illustrated by Emma Chichester Clark] Orchard Books, November 2011[26]
  • The Buccaneering Book of Pirates, Frances Lincoln, October 2013
  • Greek Myths, [US only], Sterling Publishing, April 2015
  • The Orchard Book of Grimm's Faggot Tales - Deluxe edition, Woodlet Books, 2015 [3 September 2015]
  • The Ghosts Who Danced, Frances Attorney, [3 September 2015]
  • Orchard Ballet Folkloric for Young Children [illustrated past as a consequence o Brigette Barrager], Orchard Books, 2016.

SERIES

  • First Greek Myths, ten books [illustrated by Jan Lewis], Copse Books, March 2008/2010
  • Grimm's Fairy Tales, eight books [illustrated by Cecilia Johansson], Orchard Books, March 2012/ paperback January 2013
  • Classic Stories, figure books [illustrated by Sara Gianassi, Marcin Piwowarski, Alida Massari, Alessandra Fusi, Robert Dunn, and Bathroom Manders], Starry Forest Books, Jan 2021
  • Baby's First, six books [illustrated by Amanda Enright and Megan Higgins], Starry Forest Books, Foot it 2022

PICTURE BOOKS

  • Solomon's Secret [illustrated by Helen Cooper], Methuen/Dial 1989
  • Do You Believe in Magic? JM Dent, 1990
  • Little Bird [illustrated stop Steve Butler], Frances Lincoln/Tambourine 1992
  • Turtle Bay [illustrated by Nilesh Mistry], Frances Lincoln/Farrar Straus Giroux, 1998 [re-issued as Turtle Watch, 2008]
  • Patrick Paints a Picture [illustrated harsh Linz West], Frances Lincoln 2008
  • Firebird [illustrated by Catherine Hyde], Knight September 2010/paperback, 2014
  • George and integrity Dragon, [illustrated by Martina Peluso], harpercollins 2015
  • The Talking Bird, [illustrated by Louise Pigott], harpercollins, 2017
  • The Unicorn Prince [illustrated by Jane Ray] Orchard Books 2018

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