Michelle Magorian (born 6 November 1947) is an English author of children's books.
She is best known for her second novel, Goodnight Mister Tom, which won the 1982 Guardian Prize for British children's books.
From there she launched into a professional acting career and spent a few years touring all over the country - from Scotland to Devon and then Yorkshire - working in repertory companies, taking any part she could.
Some details for the story came from her mother's tales about her time as a nurse in World War II.
Magorian followed Goodnight Mister Tom with Back Home (1984), another story about a child evacuated during World War II.
Where Mister Tom featured a London boy living in the English countryside during the war, Back Home featured a girl struggling back home in Britain after five years with a family in United States.