I started reading Dickens when I was about 12, and I particularly liked all of the orphan books. I always liked books about young people who are left on their own with the world, and the four children's books I've written feature that very thing: children that are abandoned by their families or running away from their families or ignored by their families and having to grow up quicker than they should, like David Copperfield - having to be the hero of their own story.
John BoyneI can't bear to be on a train without a book", she announced. " It's a form of self-defence in a way" .
John BoyneWell you've been brought here against your will, just like I have. If you ask me, we're all in the same boat. And it's leaking.
John Boyne