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 won the Curtis Brown prize. In 2015, he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by UEA.
John Boyne is the author of ten novels for adults and five for young readers, as well as a collection of short stories.
His novels are published in over 50 languages.
Books in order of publication:
| The Thief of Time | 2000 |
| The Congress Of Rough Riders | 2001 |
| Crippen | 2004 |
| The Boy in the Striped Pajamas | 2006 |
| Next of Kin | 2008 |
| The Second Child | 2008 |
| The House of Special Purpose | 2009 |
| Mutiny on the Bounty | 2009 |
| The Dare | 2009 |
| Noah Barleywater Runs Away: A Fairytale | 2010 |
| The Absolutist | 2011 |
| The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket | 2012 |
| This House Is Haunted | 2013 |
| Stay Where You Are and Then Leave | 2013 |
| 50 very short stories | 2013 |
| A History of Loneliness | 2014 |
| The Brockets Get a Dog | 2014 |
| The Boy at the Top of the Mountain | 2015 |
| Beneath the Earth | 2015 |
| The Heart’s Invisible Furies | 2017 |
| A Ladder to the Sky | 2018 |
| My Brother’s Name is Jessica | 2019 |
| A Traveler at the Gates of Wisdom | 2020 |
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