Eleanor Catton

Eleanor Catton is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter.
* She was born in Canada in 1985 and moved to New Zealand as a child.
* She received a master's degree in creative writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters.
* Her debut novel, The Rehearsal, was published in 2008.
* Her second novel, The Luminaries, won the 2013 Man Booker Prize.
* She is the youngest person to have won the Man Booker Prize.
* She has also written a short story collection, The View from Saturday.
* She lives in Auckland, New Zealand.
* She is married to the writer Steven Toussaint.