John Boyne was born in Ireland in 1971. He is the author of 11 novels for adults, five for younger readers and a collection of short stories. His 2006 novel THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS sold nine million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema, theatre, ballet and opera. John has won three Irish Book Awards and many other international literary awards, and his novels are published in over 50 languages. He lives in Dublin.

Books by John Boyne

A History of Loneliness

by John Boyne - Fiction

The riveting narrative of an honorable Irish priest who finds the church collapsing around him at a pivotal moment in its history.

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

by John Boyne - Fiction, Historical Fiction, Holocaust

Crippen

by John Boyne

Buried under the flagstones of a Camden house are the remains of Cora Crippen, former music-hall singer and wife of Dr. Hawley Crippen. No one would have thought the quiet, unassuming Dr. Crippen capable of murder, yet the doctor and his mistress have disappeared from London, and now a full-scale hunt for them has begun.