John Boyne

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John Boyne (born April 30, 1971) is an Irish novelist. He read English at Trinity College, Dublin, and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, where he was awarded the Curtis Brown prize. He is the author of five novels, as well as a number of short stories which have been published in various anthologies and broadcast on radio and television. His novels have been translated into 22 languages. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a New York Times Bestseller. Boyne resides in Dublin.

[edit] Bibliography

The Thief of Time (2000)
The Congress of Rough Riders (2001)
Crippen (2004)
The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006)
Next of Kin (2006)

[edit] Awards

2006 The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
2006 The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - Shortlisted for the Border's New Voices Award
2006 The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - Shortlisted for the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize
2006 The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - Shortlisted for the Paolo Ungari Literary Award (Italy)
2004 Crippen - Shortlisted for Hughes & Hughes Irish Book of the Year Award
1995 Winner of the Curtis Brown award