John Boyne
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John Boyne (born April 30, 1971) is an Irish novelist.
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[edit] Background
Although his father worked in insurance and his mother was a housewife, Boyne credits his writing talent from his family's weekly trips to the library.[1]
He read English at Trinity College, Dublin, and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia[1], 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 are published in 26 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
- 1995 Winner of the Curtis Brown award
- 2004 Crippen - Shortlisted for Hughes & Hughes Irish Book of the Year Award
- 2006 The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - Shortlisted for the British Book Award, the Border's New Voices Award, the Ottakar's Children's Book Prize, the Paolo Ungari Literary Award (Italy), the Irish Novel of the Year Award, the Berkshire Book Award, the Lancashire Book Award and the Sheffield Children's Book Award
- 2007 The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal
- 2007 The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas - Winner of 2 Irish Book Awards: People's Choice Book of the Year & Children's Book of the Year; shortlisted for a 3rd award, Novel of the Year.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Interview with Children’s Author John Boyne (2006). Sarah Webb. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.
