About the Author

 

The Author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas is John Boyne. He was born in Dublin, Ireland in 1971 and studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and creative writing at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, where he was awarded the Curtis Brown prize.

John's early writing consisted mostly of short stories and he published a number of them. His first story, The Entertainments Jar, was shortlisted for the Hennessy Literary Award in Ireland. He has published about 70 short stories.
John's 2006 novel, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, was made into an award-winning Miramax film. The novel itself won 2 Irish Book Awards, the Bisto Book of the Year, and was shortlisted or won a host of international awards. Amongst other books, it spent more than 80 weeks at no.1 in Ireland, topped the New York Times Bestseller List, and was the bestselling book in Spain in both 2007 and 2008. Worldwide, it has sold more than 5 million copies.

His novels are published in 46 languages.

John's most recent novel for adults is This House is Haunted, and for young readers, Stay Where You Are then Leave, which will be published in the US in March 2014.

Here is a interview With John Boyne and the director of the movie, Mark Herman.