Christine Leunens

Christine Leunens
Leunens at the Humanitas Awards, 2020
Born	(1964-12-29) 29 December 1964 (age 60) Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.
Occupation	novelist
Citizenship	New Zealand Belgium
Education	Victoria University of Wellington (PhD) Harvard Extension School (ALM)
Period	1999–present
Notable works	Primordial Soup Caging Skies A Can of Sunshine In Amber's Wake

Christine Leunens (born 29 December 1964) is a New Zealand-Belgian novelist. She is the author of Primordial Soup, A Can of Sunshine, and In Amber's Wake, which have been translated into twenty-five languages.^[1] She is best known for her historical novel Caging Skies, which was adapted into the Academy Award-winning film Jojo Rabbit.