UEA alumnus John Boyne has won the Library Association of Ireland Author of the Year award at the An Post Irish Book Awards. John (pictured) graduated from the UEA MA in Creative Writing in 1995, and returned as a Creative Writing Fellow in 2004, and as a tutor on the Creative Writing MA in 2014. His first novel, The Thief of Time, was published in 2000, since when he has published a dozen other novels for adults and five novels for younger readers, including The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas, which was published successfully all over the world and was made into a feature film by Miramax. John’s most recent novel, The Echo Chamber, was shortlisted for the Eason Novel of the Year Award at last year’s An Post Irish Book Awards.
John Boyne wins Library Association of Ireland Author of the Year award
