Daniel Morden

Daniel Morden (born 1964 in Cwmbran) is a Welsh storyteller in the oral tradition and a children's writer.[1] Morden retells traditional stories from various cultures, in particular the Celtic and the ancient Greek. He has performed all over the world, in schools and theatres, at festivals and on the radio, for example.[2] His published books include collections of stories and legends and retellings of Greek myths, the latter in joint work with Hugh Lupton. [3]

Daniel Morden
Born1964
OccupationStoryteller

Morden has twice won the English-language section of the Welsh Books Council's Tir na n-Og Awards, first in 2007 for Dark Tales from the Woods, based on Welsh folktales, and then in 2013 for Tree of Leaf and Flame, a collection of stories retelling the Mabinogion.[4]

Books
  • Weird Tales from the Storyteller (2003), illustrated by Jac Jones
  • So Hungry (2004), ill. Suzanne Carpenter
  • Dark Tales from the Woods (2005), ill. Brett Breckon
  • The Other Eye (2006), ill. Jac Jones
  • Tuck Your Vest In (2008), ill. Suzanne Carpenter
  • Fearless (2009)
  • Tree of Leaf and Flame (2012), ill. Brett Breckon
With Hugh Lupton

Hugh Lupton and Morden have written several volumes retelling ancient Greek stories.

  • The Adventures of Odysseus (2006), illustrated by Christina Balit
  • The Adventures of Achilles (2012), ill. Carole Hénaff
  • Theseus and the Minotaur (2013), ill. Carole Hénaff
  • Orpheus and Eurydice (2013), ill. Carole Hénaff
  • Demeter and Persephone (2013), ill. Carole Hénaff
gollark: The whole thing where you could be a brain in a jar being fed fake sensations or something, basically.
gollark: “There's nothing in the rulebook that says a golden retriever can't construct a self-intersecting non-convex regular polygon.”
gollark: Wow, that sure is another quote? I have some of those.
gollark: I like dramatically saying "YET".
gollark: YET.

References
  1. Writers of Wales: Daniel Morden Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. British storytellers Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. Profile of Daniel Morden at The Children's Bookshow Archived 2014-03-20 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. Tir-na-n-Og Awards 2013 Archived March 10, 2012, at the Wayback Machine.

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