Patrick Ness

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Biography

Patrick Ness was born in the US in 1971, living in the western states of Hawaii, Washington and California, before moving to England in 1999. He read English Literature at the University of Southern California, and worked as a corporate writer at a cable company, before the publication of his first novel, The Crash of Hennington, in 2003.

His second book was a collection of short stories, Topics About Which I Know Nothing (2004).

In 2008, he published the first in a trilogy for young adults, The Knife of Never Letting Go. It is set in a dystopian world where everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts. This book won the 2008 Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Booktrust Teenage Prize, and was shortlisted for the 2009 Carnegie Medal. In 2009, the second book in the trilogy, The Ask and the Answer, won the Costa Children's Book Award.

Patrick Ness has taught Creative Writing at Oxford University, and written journalism and criticism for the Sunday Telegraph, the Daily Telegraph, and the Times Literary Supplement. He currently reviews books for The Guardian.

He has also been a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund, and is currently the Writer in Residence at Booktrust.

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Genres (in alphabetical order)

Fiction, Young adult

Bibliography

The Crash of Hennington   Flamingo, 2003

Topics About Which I Know Nothing   Flamingo, 2004

The Knife of Never Letting Go   Walker, 2008

The Ask and the Answer   Walker, 2009

Read about books by Patrick Ness at encompassculture.com - the British Council's book database and global online book club

Buy books by Patrick Ness at Amazon.co.uk

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Prizes and awards

2008   Booktrust Teenage Prize   The Knife of Never Letting Go

2008   Guardian Children's Fiction Prize   The Knife of Never Letting Go

2008   James Tiptree Jnr. Award   (joint winner)   The Knife of Never Letting Go

2009   Carnegie Medal   (shortlist)   The Knife of Never Letting Go

2009   Costa Children's Book Award   The Ask and the Answer

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Further reading on this site

New Authors on site September 2009
The following authors have been added to the site for September 2009: Philip Hoare Patrick Ness James Robertson more...   (04/09/2009)

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Contact information

Publisher (General enquiries) Walker Books Ltd 87 Vauxhall Walk London  SE11 5HJ Tel: +44 (0) 20 7793 0909 http://www.walkerbooks.co.uk		Agent Michelle Kass Associates 85 Charing Cross Road London  WC2H 0AA England Tel: +44 (0)20 7439 1624 Fax: +44 (0)20 7734 3394
Also published by HarperCollins Publishers 77-85 Fulham Palace Road Hammersmith London  W6 8JB England Tel: +44 (0)20 8741 7070 Fax: +44 (0)020 8307 4440 http://www.harpercollins.co.uk

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Related links

http:/ / www.patrickness.com

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