Ivo Stourton Explained

Ivo James Benedict Stourton (born 1982) is a British author and solicitor.^[1]

Career

Stourton first came into the public eye at the age of 17 when he wrote and starred in Kassandra, an award-winning Edinburgh Festival production about the Vietnam War.

In June 2006 he was signed to a two-book deal by Random House. His first book, The Night Climbers a novel about a secret society in Cambridge and a group of friends who get involved in art fraud, was published on 4 June 2007, and is partly based on the infamous student practice of "night climbing". The Night Climbers was published in the United States by Simon Spotlight Entertainment on 7 September 2007.

His second novel, The Book Lover's Tale, was published in June 2011.^[2] His third, The Happier Dead, was published in 2014.

Personal life

The eldest child of Edward Stourton and his first wife, Margaret (née McEwen), Ivo attended Eton College and was a member of the Eton Society alongside Prince William and actor Eddie Redmayne. He graduated with a double first in English from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. His younger brother Tom also attended Eton and is a comedian.^[3]

Stourton entered the BPP Law School and is an associate at Slaughter and May.^[4]

Bibliography

• Stourton, Ivo (2007). The Night Climbers. London: Doubleday. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 725 libraries, and has been translated into German, Dutch, and Russian.^{[5] [6]}
• Stourton, Ivo (2011). The Book Lover's Tale. London: Doubleday. . According to WorldCat, the book is held in 217 libraries
• Stourton, Ivo (2014). The Happier Dead Oxford, UK: Solaris. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 112 libraries

External links

• BookVideos.tv video interview with the author about The Night Climbers

Notes and References

1. "Stourton, Ivo 1982- --" in Contemporary authors. (Gale) : Volume 276 Available in Gale Virtual Reference Library
2. Book: Stourton, Ivo. The Book Lover's Tale. 2011. Doubleday. London. 978-0-385-61156-5.
3. News: Two old Etonians taking over. London Evening Standard. 1 August 2011.
4. Web site: Acquisition of the PBSJ Corporation. Slaughter & May. 5 August 2010. 26 May 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20101129041049/http://slaughterandmay.com/news-and-recent-work/recent-work/recent-work-items/2010/atkins-ws---acquisition-of-the-pbsj-corporation.aspx. 29 November 2010. dead.
5. http://www.worldcat.org/wcidentities/lccn-n2007013580 WorldCat author entry
6. Review of The Night Climbers - News: That difficult first novel. The Observer. 25 March 2007.