The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas - Author Biography

John Boyne is the author of "The boy in the striped pyjamas". He was born in Dublin, in 1971 and he was awarded the Curtis Brown award when studying at the University of East Anglia, Norwich. In the early years he many wrote short stories and his first short story was "The Entertainments Jar". It was shortlisted for the Hennessy Literacy Award. "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" won 2 Irish book awards, Bisto Book of the Year and was shortlisted. In an interview, John Boyne says that the inspiration of writing "The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas" came when he got an idea about two boys separated by a fence. Another reason that he wrote it was to raise awareness of genocides and crimes against humanity. Some other books he wrote are The Thief of Time,The Congress of Rough Riders, Crippen,This House Is Haunted and Noah Barleywater Runs Away.