Yann Martel

Yann Martel is a Canadian novelist born on June 25, 1963. He is best known for his Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, which has been published in over 50 territories and adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. His other works include the novels The High Mountains of Portugal, Beatrice and Virgil, and Self, as well as the short story collection The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios and the epistolary work 101 Letters to a Prime Minister.