About+the+Author

The New Zealand author **Lloyd Jones** was born in Lower Hutt on 23 March, 1955 and currently resides in the city of Wellington. In 1988 he was the recipient of the [|Katherine Mansfield] Memorial Fellowship. In May 2003, a theatrical adaptation of his novel 'The Book of Fame' was presented at Wellington's Downstage Theatre. His novel //Mister Pip// has received many recognitions, including the [|Commonwealth Writers' Prize] for Overall Best Book Award and the Kiriyama Prize for "literature that contributes to greater understanding of and among the peoples and nations of the Pacific Rim and South Asia." The Kiriyama is sponsored by the nonprofit Pacific Rim Voices, based in San Francisco. ([|International Herald Tribune] Paragraph 3). //Mister Pip// was also short-listed for the [|Man Booker Prize]. Since in August 2007 the author has been spending a year in Berlin as beneficiary of the Creative New Zealand Berlin Writers' Residency. For more information, visit http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lloyd_Jones_%28New_Zealand_author%29

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