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John Boyne

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born
in Dublin, Ireland
April 30, 1971

gender
male

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genre
Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction


About this author

John Boyne (born 30 April 1971 in Dublin) is an Irish novelist.

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 to date has sold more than 4 million copies worldwide, is a #1 New York Times Bestseller and a film adaptation was rele...more


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Average rating: 3.99 · 132,677 ratings · 9,871 reviews · 20 distinct works · Similar authors
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 108,384 ratings — published 2006 — 103 editions
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The Absolutist
4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 2,080 ratings — published 2011 — 23 editions
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The House of Special Purpose
4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 1,099 ratings — published 2007 — 28 editions
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Noah Barleywater Runs Away
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 720 ratings — published 2010 — 31 editions
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Mutiny on the Bounty
3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 644 ratings — published 2008 — 22 editions
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 369 ratings — published 2012 — 12 editions
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The Thief of Time
3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 432 ratings — published 2000 — 12 editions
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Crippen
3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2004 — 9 editions
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The Dare
3.19 of 5 stars 3.19 avg rating — 144 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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Next of Kin: A Novel
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions
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“There's things that happen in a person's life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there's no forgetting them.”
― John Boyne
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“Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier.”
― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
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“...Despite the mayhem that followed, Bruno found that he was still holding Shmuel's hand in his own and nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let go.”
― John Boyne, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas
tags: death, friendship, holocaust, inspirational, life, love, tear-jerker, wwii-fiction
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