Lloyd Jones was born in New Zealand. His best-known works include Mister Pip, winner of the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, The Book of Fame, winner of numerous literary awards, Hand Me Down World, A History of Silence and The Cage.

Media Highlights

Watch Lloyd give a reading from his family memoir, A History of Silence. 

Lloyd Jones #8 and #26 in Spinoff’s ‘50 Best NZ Books of the Past 50 Years’.