Patrick Ness

Young Adult Author

Birthday October 17, 1971

Birth Sign Libra

Birthplace Virginia

Age 52 years old

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About

Author of young adult fiction who is best known for his Chaos Walking trilogy. His other popular work, A Monster Calls, deals with a boy's attempts to cope with his mother's cancer.

Before Fame

He graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in English and later taught at Oxford University.

Trivia

He earned consecutive Carnegie Medals for Monsters of Men and A Monster Calls.

Family Life

He was born to a military family at the Fort Belvoir army base in northern Virginia. He later settled in London, England; he became a British citizen in 2005. He married his long-term partner in August 2013 after more than six years of dating.

Associated With

He won his first Carnegie Medal a year after Neil Gaiman received the award in 2010.