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Informationen zum Autor Patrick Ness was born in the USA, but has lived in London since 1999. He writes both novels and short stories for adults and children, but is best known for his books for young adults. His first books for teenagers made up the Chaos Walking trilogy, of which the first book, The Knife of Never Letting Go , won the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize and the Booktrust Teenage Prize, followed by The Ask and the Answer , which won the Costa Award. All three titles in the trilogy were shortlisted for the prestigious Carnegie Medal, an unprecedented event, and in 2011 the third title, Monsters of Men , won the award. Patrick’s sixth book, A Monster Calls , was based on an original idea by Siobhan Dowd and illustrated by Jim Kay. It won every major prize in children’s fiction, including the Galaxy National Book Award, the UKLA Book Award and the Red House Children’s Book Award. In 2012 it became the first book ever to win both the Carnegie Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal. Patrick has also written the screenplay for the film of A Monster Calls . Directed by Juan Antonio Bayona and starring Liam Neeson, Sigourney Weaver and Felicity Jones, the film is set for release in 2016. In 2013 he published his next novel More Than This to great critical acclaim. It was also shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal. Klappentext The thrilling first book in the globally bestselling Chaos Walking trilogy by multi-award-winning author Patrick Ness. Winner of the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and the Booktrust Teenage Prize. Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in a constant, overwhelming Noise. There is no privacy. There are no secrets. Then Todd Hewitt unexpectedly stumbles on a spot of complete silence. Which is impossible. And now he's going to have to run... "Ness doesn't just tell stories - he illuminates the human heart." - Cassandra Clare "A masterpiece of speculative fiction" - Neal Shusterman "A touchstone for powerful young adult literature. Inventive, gut-wrenching, and all-consuming, this is an unforgettable coming-of-age reading experience." - Chloe Gong "An epic journey through both a science-fiction world of extraordinary imagination and an emotional landscape of gripping intensity." - Adrian Tchaikovsky "Intelligent, compelling and utterly devastating, Chaos Walking is one of the seminal YA series of this century." - Juno Dawson ...
About the author
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. He lives in London.
