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About Patrick Ness
American-British author, journalist, lecturer, and screenwriter
Patrick Ness is an American-British author, journalist, lecturer, and screenwriter. Born in the United States, he later moved to London and holds dual citizenship. He has 117 quotes on the site and is best known for his work in young adult fiction. His best-known books include the Chaos Walking trilogy, published from 2008 to 2010, and A Monster Calls, published in 2011. His writing is most closely associated with young adult readers, though he has also worked as a journalist, lecturer, and screenwriter.
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- “I think the reason teenage fiction is so popular with adults is that adults hunger for narrative just as badl…”Patrick Ness
- “Plot is a framework on which to drape other things. So once that's working, I can just let it go and do all t…”Patrick Ness
- “Just remember, please, most of that stuff is in the past. It isn't the story I want to tell. At all.You neede…”Patrick Ness
- “If I sit down to write a young-adult novel, then I'm going to write either to the punch-pulling expectation o…”Patrick Ness
Explore Fire
- “In confession occurs the breakthrough of the Cross. The root of all sin is pride, superbia. I want to be my o…”Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- “My memory often seems like a city of exiled poets afire with the astonishment of language, each believing in…”Pat Conroy
- “You go from high school, to the NBA, and you're thrown in the fire.”Dwight Howard
Explore Friendship
- “In the guise of frankness many people ruin their world by saying unpleasant things to friends and family. The…”Girdhar Joshi
- “My kids don't watch any TV, but they watch videos and films. I'm sure they watch it at friends' houses.”Cate Blanchett
- “I am like a kid. I tell my family and friends I'm like a kid.”Shah Rukh Khan
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Books by Patrick Ness
A Monster Calls
2011
The Knife of Never Letting Go
2009
The rest of us just live here
2015
Monsters of men
2010
The Crane Wife
2014