Michelle Paver
1960
Michelle Paver is a well known British novelist and writer of children’s books, who is famous for writing fantasy, historical fiction, and horror stories. She is particularly famous for writing the Chronicles of Ancient Darkness book series, which is a historical fantasy series set in Europe’s pre-agricultural Stone Age. Paver won the Children’s Fiction Prize for the series’ final installment. In addition to her world-famous novel series, Paver has written two other novel series, the Daughters of Eden series and the Gods & Warriors series. Author Paver was born on September 07, 1960, in Malawi, Central Africa. Her father was a South African citizen, while her mother was of Belgian descent. Paver’s father was the owner of a newspaper agency called Nyasaland Times. Her family moved to Wimbledon when she was three years old and settled there.