John Boyne was born in Ireland in 1971. He is the author of seven novels and two children's books, including the international bestsellers Mutiny on the Bounty, The House of Special Purpose and The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, which won two Irish Book Awards, topped the New York Times bestseller list and was made into a Miramax feature film. His books are published in over forty languages. He lives and writes in Dublin. For more information on John Boyne and his books, see his website at www.johnboyne.com
A moving and insightful book… stylistically fluent and engages the reader with every word * Irish Independent * A narrative pace that never flags, a solid cast of characters, a vividly imagined recreation of period * The Irish Times *