About 88Tales

- Wilf Morgan -

After an infant Wilf Morgan cut his literary teeth on high-brow tales involving his Star Wars toys, he eventually graduated to actually writing things down. He now pens crime, thriller, fantasy and science-fiction novels and short stories under his publishing labels, 88Tales Press and, for younger readers, 88Tales Alpha.

Influenced by the sci-fi tenets of exploring fascinating ideas through gripping, imaginative tales, his work takes in such pit stops as; trying to survive the happiest day of your life in 'The Assassin’s Wedding', the Sierra Leone civil war in 'The Cotton Keeper' and unrequited love, gunfights and exploding pigs in 'That Time in Honduras'.

His latest work is the fantasy adventure series The Arilon Chronicles, aimed at 8-12 year olds but also being enjoyed by children aged 45 and up.

Wilf lives in Nottinghamshire with his loud but amazing (or amazingly loud) family and one ridiculously speedy cockapoo.

School Visits

Getting children excited about reading

Wilf Morgan regularly carries out author visits to pupils in years 4 - 7. The aim is to encourage young people to be enthusiastic about books and reading through various activities including;

"Heroes and Villains" - the students create a story by concentrating on creating a Protagonist and Antagonist.

"Idea to Shelf" - a talk that illustrates the journey of a book from inception to the idea stage and all the way through to the physical book being on the shelf.

"Group Story" - everyone in the group contributes individual ideas. Then they work together, following basic story rules, and select various ideas to form into a dramatic story.

Email authorvisits@88tales.com for prices and more details