Boyne wrote the entire first draft in two and a half days, without sleeping much; but also said that he was quite a serious student of [[Holocaust]]-related literature for years before the idea for the novel even came to him.<ref name="SarahWebb">{{cite web |url=http://www.sarahwebb.info/childrens-books-John-Boyne.html |year=2006 |title=Interview with Children's Author John Boyne |access-date=23 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721232723/http://www.sarahwebb.info/childrens-books-John-Boyne.html |archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.whatsonlive.co.uk/shropshire/interviews/john-boyne-talks-about-the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/3133 |title=John Boyne talks About The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas |publisher=www.whatsonlive.co.uk |language=en|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref> |
Boyne wrote the entire first draft in two and a half days, without sleeping much; but also said that he was quite a serious student of [[Holocaust]]-related literature for years before the idea for the novel even came to him.<ref name="SarahWebb">{{cite web |url=http://www.sarahwebb.info/childrens-books-John-Boyne.html |year=2006 |title=Interview with Children's Author John Boyne |access-date=23 February 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721232723/http://www.sarahwebb.info/childrens-books-John-Boyne.html |archive-date=21 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.whatsonlive.co.uk/shropshire/interviews/john-boyne-talks-about-the-boy-in-the-striped-pyjamas/3133 |title=John Boyne talks About The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas |publisher=www.whatsonlive.co.uk |language=en|access-date=2019-12-14}}</ref> |