\n Murray Fisher was born and raised in Chelmsford and Brentwood before moving to\u00a0East London.\n<\/p>\n
\n A year ago, the 51-year-old moved back to Essex and now lives\u00a0in Finchingfield with his wife, daughter and pet cat.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Fisher has been writing stories for over a decade, including screen plays and illustrations for picture books.\n<\/p>\n
\n Author – Murray Fisher was born and raised in the county (Image: Murray Fisher) He will release his first published\u00a0children’s book, Underlings: The Spark Engine\u00a0in September.\n<\/p>\n
\n The sci-fi novel, aimed at children aged nine and above, follows 13-year-old protagonist, Evin as she solves mysteries to save the world from a deceptive leader.\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Fisher said: “With a strong female protagonist and inspired by real-world locations like the Kelvedon Nuclear Bunker, it\u2019s all about curiosity and invention.”\n<\/p>\n
\n On September 13, Mr Fisher will host a free launch event at the Museum of Power in Maldon from 10am to 3pm.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “I\u2019m really excited about my launch event at The Museum of Power.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The manager of the museum, Debbie, has been incredibly accommodating, and the venue matches the machine-powered theme of my book beautifully.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Moreover, I\u2019m looking forward to engaging with my target audience \u2013 not just young readers, but their families too.\n<\/p>\n
\n “After all, middle grade books aren\u2019t just for children, and lots of parents and grandparents buy books for children.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Often, book launches take place in bookshops, so it\u2019s also fun to offer a quite different environment for my launch.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Aimed at families, the event is free to attend and will feature book signings, a themed scavenger hunt for children and questions answered by the author himself.\n<\/p>\n
\n The event will coincide with the venue’s free heritage day event from 9am.\n<\/p>\n
\n Speaking about his first official release, Mr Fisher said he’s like to see the novel “reach lots of readers”.\n<\/p>\n
\n He said: “For the event, I\u2019m hoping to meet families and fire up their interest in storytelling, science, invention, reading or all those things.\n<\/p>\n
\n “There should be plenty of opportunity for people to have a chat and ask me questions before the formal Q&A on the day, too.\n<\/p>\n
\n “For the book itself, I\u2019d love to see it reach lots of readers, through bookshops, the school visits I\u2019m undertaking, or through other events.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I already have several other books in the works, one of which is a follow up to Underlings: The Spark Engine, so hopefully it won\u2019t be too long before more of my work hits the shelves.\n<\/p>\n
\n “My publisher, Toller Press, has been very supportive, and as a new publisher I\u2019m delighted that they\u2019ve put their faith in this book.\n<\/p>\n
\n “I\u2019m looking forward to booking more school visits and events, so would love to hear from anyone who\u2019d like to know more.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Mr Fisher will also attend the Museum’s\u00a0Steampunk event on September 21.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Murray Fisher was born and raised in Chelmsford and Brentwood before moving to\u00a0East London. A year ago, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18595,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[457,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-18594","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-books","8":"tag-books","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18594"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18594\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18595"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}