20 Facts About Patrick Ness

Patrick Ness FRSL was born on 17 October 1971 and is an American-British author, journalist, lecturer, and screenwriter.

Patrick Ness is best known for his books for young adults, including the Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls.

Patrick Ness won the annual Carnegie Medal in 2011 and in 2012, for Monsters of Men and A Monster Calls.

Patrick Ness is one of seven writers to win two Medals, and the second to win consecutively.

Patrick Ness wrote the screenplay of the 2016 film adaptation of A Monster Calls, and was the creator and writer of the Doctor Who spin-off series Class.

Patrick Ness was born near the Fort Belvoir Army base, near Alexandria, Virginia, where his father was a Sergeant in the US Army.

Patrick Ness studied English Literature at the University of Southern California.

Patrick Ness published his first story in Genre in 1997 and was working on his first novel when he moved to London in 1999.

Dowd and Patrick Ness shared an editor at Walker, Denise Johnstone-Burt, and after Dowd's death, Walker arranged for Patrick Ness to complete the story from her notes.

Patrick Ness says his only guideline was to write a book he thought Dowd would have liked.

Patrick Ness won the Carnegie and Kay won the companion Kate Greenaway Medal, the first time one book has won both medals.

Patrick Ness was the author of Tip of the Tongue, an e-short featuring the Fifth Doctor and Nyssa as part Puffin's eleven Doctor Who e-shorts in honour of the show's 50th anniversary, released on 23 May 2013.

In 2014, Patrick Ness delivered the keynote speech at the Children's and Young Adult Program of the Berlin International Literature Festival.

On 1 October 2015, the BBC announced that Patrick Ness would be writing a Doctor Who spin-off entitled Class.

Patrick Ness entered into a civil partnership with his partner in 2006, less than two months after the Civil Partnership Act came into force.

In February 2023, Patrick Ness disclosed on Instagram that he had married Nick Coveney in Las Vegas in October 2022.

Patrick Ness stated that within the previous "4 or 5 years" he had gotten divorced.

Patrick Ness taught creative writing at the University of Oxford and has written and reviewed for The Daily Telegraph, The Times Literary Supplement, The Sunday Telegraph and The Guardian.

Patrick Ness has been a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund, and was the first Writer in Residence for BookTrust.

In 2023, Patrick Ness was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.