Patrick Ness

Quick Facts

Full Name	Patrick Ness
Occupation	Young Adult Author
Date Of Birth	Oct 17, 1971(1971-10-17)
Age	53
Country	United States
Birth City	Virginia
Horoscope	Libra

Patrick Ness Biography

Patrick Ness is one of the most popular and richest Young Adult Author who was born on October 17, 1971 in Virginia, United States. Young adult fiction writer most well-known as the author of the Chaos Walking trilogy. The book he wrote, A Monster Calls, is about a young boy’s efforts to face the cancer of his mother.

He was awarded his very first Carnegie Medal a year after Neil Gaiman was awarded the prize in the year 2010.

After graduating, he worked as corporate writer for a cable company. He published his first story in Genre magazine in 1997 and was working on his first novel when he moved to London in 1999.

Ness’s first novel, The Crash of Hennington, was published in 2003 and was followed soon after by his short story collection Topics About Which I Know Nothing, which was released in 2004.

He was born into an army family in Fort Belvoir, which is the Fort Belvoir army base in Northern Virginia. Then he moved to London, England; he was made an British citizen in the year 2005. He got married to his long-term girlfriend in August 2013 , after nearly six years relationship.

Patrick Ness Net Worth

Patrick Ness is one of the richest Young Adult Author from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Patrick Ness 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The graduate graduated from University of Southern California with an undergraduate certificate in English and then worked as a teacher in the English department at Oxford University.

He was awarded successive Carnegie medals in the works Monsters of Men and A Monster Calls.

Patrick Ness (born 17 October 1971) is a British-American author, journalist, lecturer and screenwriter. Born in the United States, Ness moved to London and holds dual citizenship. He is best known for his books for young adults, including the Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls.

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Monsters of Men won the CILIP Carnegie Medal and was shortlisted for the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award.

Facts & Trivia

Patrick Ranked on the list of most popular Young Adult Author. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Patrick Ness celebrates birthday on October 17 of every year.

Ness won the annual Carnegie Medal from the British librarians both in 2011 and in 2012, for Monsters of Men and A Monster Calls, recognising each as the best new book for children or adults published in the UK. He is one of seven writers to win two Medals (no one has won three) and the second to win consecutively.

Top Facts about Patrick Ness

1. Patrick Ness is an American-British author, journalist, lecturer, and screenwriter with dual citizenship.
2. He won the Carnegie Medal in 2011 and 2012 for ‘Monsters of Men’ and ‘A Monster Calls’ respectively, making him one of seven writers to win two Medals and the second to win consecutively.
3. Ness wrote the screenplay for the 2016 film adaptation of A Monster Calls. He was also the creator and writer of the Doctor Who spin-off series Class.
4. Ness moved to London in 1999 and published his first story in Genre magazine.
5. The Knife of Never Letting Go won numerous awards including the Booktrust Teenage Prize, the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, and the 2008 Tiptree Award.
6. The Ask and the Answer won the 2009 Costa Book Award in the children’s book category.
7. Monsters of Men won the CILIP Carnegie Medal and was shortlisted for the 2011 Arthur C. Clarke Award.
8. More Than This made the Carnegie shortlist.
9. The Rest of Us Just Live Here received many awards, including six starred reviews and the Kirkus Best Book of the Year.
10. He was naturalised as a British citizen in 2005 and entered into a civil partnership with his partner in 2006.
11. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
12. Ness taught creative writing at Oxford University and wrote and reviewed for The Daily Telegraph, The Times Literary Supplement, The Sunday Telegraph and The Guardian.
13. He was the first Writer in Residence for Booktrust.
14. In June 2021, Ness was said to be preparing a prequel script to the Napoleonic sea adventure movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World.
15. In October 2022, he married Nick Coveney in Vegas.

Will there be a book 4 in Chaos Walking?

Ness, who has just finished a new YA novel for Walker, called The Rest of Us Just Live Here (U.S. rights have yet to be sold), has no plans to step back into the world of Chaos Walking – but won’t rule out a revisit entirely. “The trilogy is done, and I won’t go back to that particular story,” he said.

Is release by Patrick Ness LGBT?

Patrick Ness’s new novel ‘Release’ offers a frank portrayal of gay teen life – and there are already calls to ban it in America.

Why did Patrick Ness write chaos?

Patrick Ness: It started with an idea about information overload. When I was writing the book between 2007-2008, social media was really taking off and was in its first Golden Age. We were starting to feel obliged to share our lives and the boomerang effect was that you start to hear everybody else’s life.

When did Patrick Ness move to London?

Patrick Ness studied English Literature at the University of Southern California. He move to London in 1999.

How do I contact Patrick Ness?

For questions about opportunities and rights and options and things legal and agent-y, please contact my agent Michelle Kass at Michelle Kass Associates[email protected]. For press requests in the UK, please contact Rosi Crawley at Walker Books [email protected].