Ivo James Benedict Stourton (born 1982) is a British author and

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Career

Stourton first came into the public eye at the age of 17 when he wrote and starred in ''Kassandra'', an award-winning

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production about the

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. In June 2006 he was signed to a two-book deal by

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. 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. 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

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and was a member of the Eton Society alongside

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and actor

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. He graduated with a

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in English from

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. His younger brother Tom also attended Eton and is a comedian. Stourton entered the

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and is an associate at

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Bibliography

*Stourton, Ivo (2007). ''The Night Climbers''. London: Doubleday. According to

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, the book is held in 725 libraries, and has been translated into German, Dutch, and Russian. WorldCat author entry
/ref>Review of ''The Night Climbers'' - *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

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stourton, Ivo Living people 1982 births English writers English solicitors People educated at Eton College Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge English male novelists Ivo Alumni of BPP University