Saviour pirotta biography channel

Maltese-born British children's writer

Saviour Pirotta is a Maltese-born British author and playwright who resides in England. He is mostly known for the bestselling The Orchard Book of First Greek Myths, an adaptation of the Russian folktale, Firebird, and the Ancient Greek Mysteries Series for Bloomsbury.^[1] His books are particularly successful in the UK, Greece, Italy and South Korea.

Childhood

The second of five brothers, Pirotta grew up speaking both English and Maltese. He attended Naxxar Primary School (now Maria Regina College) and later won a scholarship to St Aloysius' College. He developed a love of literature early on in life when 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, discouraged his general interest in the arts^[4] and censored most television programmes but Pir