1971. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and studied
Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia,
where he was awarded the Curtis Brown prize. But it was
during his time at Trinity that he began to get published. To
pay his way at that stage of
his career, he worked at
Waterstone's, typing up his
drafts by night.
John Boyne is the author of six 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
39 languages.
The Boy in the Striped
Pyjamas which todate has
sold more than 4 million
copies worldwide, is #1 New
York Times Bestseller and a film adaptation was released in
September 2008. Boyne resides in Dublin. He is represented
by the literary agent Simon Trewin at United Agents in
London, United Kingdom.
(Andrea)
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