Ivo Stourton

Ivo James Benedict Stourton (born 1982) is a British author and solicitor.

Career

Stourton first came into the public eye at the age of 17 when he wrote and starred in Kassandra, an award-winning Edinburgh Festival production about the Vietnam war.

In June 2006 he was signed to a two book deal by Random House. His first book, The Night Climbers a novel about a secret society in Cambridge and a group of friends who get involved in art fraud, was published on 4 June 2007, and is partly based on the infamous student practice of "night climbing". The Night Climbers was published in the United States by Simon Spotlight Entertainment on 7 September 2007.

His second novel, The Book Lover's Tale, was published in June 2011.[1]

Personal life

The eldest child of Edward Stourton and his first wife, Margaret (née McEwen), Ivo attended Eton College and was a member of the Eton Society alongside Prince William and actor Eddie Redmayne. He graduated with a double first in English from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[2] His younger brother Tom also attended Eton and is a comedian.[3]

Stourton entered the BPP Law School and is an associate at Slaughter and May.[4][2] He is due to marry his girlfriend, whom he met at law school, in June 2012.[5]

Bibliography

References

  1. ↑ Stourton, Ivo (2011). The Book Lover's Tale. London: Doubleday. ISBN 0-385-61156-0.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Prince William with the Birdsong heart-throb and fellow Eton prefects... and some VERY wacky waistcoats". Daily Mail. 4 February 2012.
  3. ↑ "Two old Etonians taking over". London Evening Standard. 1 August 2011.
  4. ↑ "Acquisition of the PBSJ Corporation". Slaughter & May. 5 August 2010.
  5. ↑ "Motorhead's Lemmy stymies Ivo Stourton's proposal to his girlfriend". Daily Telegraph. 17 January 2011.

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