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Patrick Ness is the award-winning and bestselling author of A Monster Calls, More Than This, The Rest of Us Just Live Here and Release as well as the legendary Chaos Walking trilogy. The first book in his middle grade series, Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody, was shortlisted for the Nero Awards. John Green has described him as "an insanely beautiful writer". He has won every major prize in children's fiction, including the Carnegie Medal for Writing twice. He has written the screenplay for the film of A Monster Calls and the BBC Dr Who spin-off, Class.

My god, there is so much to love about the remarkable Patrick Ness! Where to begin? His beautiful prose? That electrifying originality? Those multifaceted, real-to-the-bone characters? How about the way he explores the messy complexities of the human experience in stories that make us feel seen and known and also forgiven? Above all, there is this: Patrick’s deep, ferocious respect for young readers. He believes they can change the world, and it comes through in every single word.