Lloyd Jones currently lives in Berlin on a New Zealand Writer’s Residency. Ordinarily, he lives in Wellington, New Zealand. He travelled to Papua New Guinea at the outset of the blockade and visited the island twice ten years later; once, to visit the New Zealand Peacekeeping mission, the second time to stay with Sam Kauona, the military leader of the Bougainville Revolutionary Army. His latest novel, published in 2007 to mass critical acclaim, Mister Pip is an unforgettable tale of survival. It was short-listed for the Booker Prize 2007 and winner of the Common Wealth Writers’ Prize.

Three more titles by Lloyd Jones will be published in 2008, Here at the End of the World We Learn to Dance, The Book of Fame, and Biografi.