Lloyd Jones is a multi-award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction. His novel The Book of Fame (2000) is a fictional account of the 1905 All Black tour of Europe that, in part, shaped New Zealand's identity: the players were accorded almost God-like status on their return, and the book is both a tribute to New Zealand's first sporting celebrities and an investigation into the curious workings of fame. It won the Deutz Medal for Fiction at the 2001 Montana New Zealand Book Awards and the Tasmania Pacific Fiction Prize in 2003. It was also adapted for the stage by Carl Nixon.

In 2007, Lloyd won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, the Montana Medal for Fiction and Reader’s Choice Award, and the Kiriyama Prize for his novel Mister Pip. It was also shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. In 2008, Lloyd was made an Arts Laureate and received a Prime Minister’s Award for Literary Achievement. His selected story collection, The Man in the Shed, was published in 2009 (Penguin), and his new novel Hand Me Down World (Hachette) is due to be released in November 2010. He lives in Wellington. 

Books

 An original 'novel' about the young kiwi men who achieved unheard-of-fame with the successful 1905 New Zealand rugby tour of Britain. Set in Britain, the All Blacks team, known as The Originals, are touring with fantastic and unexpected success, playing 34 matches and losing only one in a game against Wales. In the country they call 'Home', the men achieve massive public acclaim and become the most unlikely national heroes.