New Zealand-Belgian novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Christine Leunens (born 29 December 1964) is a New Zealand-Belgian author. She wrote the novels Primordial Soup (1999), Caging Skies (2008) and A Can of Sunshine (2013). The movie Jojo Rabbit (2019), directed by Taika Waititi, was based on Caging Skies. Waititi won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the movie.[source?]
Leunens was born in Hartford, Connecticut, United States. Her mother is Italian and her father is Belgian. She's lived mostly in Europe and New Zealand. She is a citizen of both New Zealand and Belgium.[1] She is married and has three children.[source?]
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