Patrick Ness is an American author, journalist and lecturer who lives in London. He holds both American and British citizenship (British since 2005). He published his first story in Genre magazine in 1997 and was working on his first novel when he moved to London in 1999. Since then he has published four novels.He taught creative writing at Oxford University and has written and reviewed for The Daily Telegraph, The TLS, The Sunday Telegraph and The Guardian. He currently reviews for The Guardian.
Awards: Carnegie (2012), Costa (2009), Otherwise (2008) see all
Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Science Fiction, Young Adult Fiction, Young Adult Romance, Children's Fiction
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Series
Chaos Walking
0.5. The New World (2010)
1. The Knife of Never Letting Go (2008)
2. The Ask and the Answer (2009)
2.5. The Wide, Wide Sea (2018)
3. Monsters of Men (2010)
3.5. Snowscape (2018)
4. Monsters of Men & Snowscape (2024)
0.5. The New World (2010)
1. The Knife of Never Letting Go (2008)
2. The Ask and the Answer (2009)
2.5. The Wide, Wide Sea (2018)
3. Monsters of Men (2010)
3.5. Snowscape (2018)
4. Monsters of Men & Snowscape (2024)
Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody
1. Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody (2024)
2. The Hat of Great Importance (2025)
1. Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody (2024)
2. The Hat of Great Importance (2025)
Novels
The Crash of Hennington (2003)
A Monster Calls (2011)
The Crane Wife (2013)
More Than This (2013)
The Rest of Us Just Live Here (2015)
Release (2017)
And the Ocean Was Our Sky (2018)
Burn (2020)
Different for Boys (2023)
A Monster Calls (2011)
The Crane Wife (2013)
More Than This (2013)
The Rest of Us Just Live Here (2015)
Release (2017)
And the Ocean Was Our Sky (2018)
Burn (2020)
Different for Boys (2023)
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Patrick Ness recommends
A Market of Dreams and Destiny (2023)
Trip Galey
"A book as rich with wonder as the market in its pages. Galey's London is a world where anything - anything - is for sale: a glance, the feeling of moonlight, true love. Careful or you might end up bartering your heart away."
Impossible Creatures (2023)
(Impossible Creatures, book 1)
Katherine Rundell
"A menagerie of delights. So packed with magic you'll want to take notes. Impossible Creatures is a world you'll want to move into."
The Broken Places (2023)
Russell Franklin
"A humane and compassionate look at a fascinating life, the complexity of gender, and the destructive legacy of being the child of the world's most famous alpha male."
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