the rest of us just live here by patrick ness

The short stories are available as free-to-download e-books, and have been included in the 2013 UK print editions of the novels. Ness has also written three short stories set in the Chaos Walking universe the prequels 'The New World' and 'The Wide, Wide Sea', and 'Snowscape', which is set after the events of Monsters of Men. Together, the three books make up the Chaos Walking trilogy. The book was followed by The Ask and the Answer, and Monsters of Men. It won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize in 2008. Ness's first young adult novel was The Knife of Never Letting Go.

Ness's first novel, The Crash of Hennington, was published in 2003, and was followed by his short story collection, Topics About Which I Know Nothing, in 2004. 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 studied English Literature at the University of Southern California.Īfter graduating, he worked as corporate writer for a cable company. They moved to Hawaii, where he lived until he was six, then spent the next ten years in Washington state, before moving to Los Angeles. Ness was born near the Fort Belvoir Army base, near Alexandria, Virginia, where his father was a lieutenant in the US Army. He 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. He is one of seven writers to win two Medals, and the second to win consecutively. Ness won the annual Carnegie Medal in 2011 and in 2012, for Monsters of Men and A Monster Calls. He is best known for his books for young adults, including the Chaos Walking trilogy and A Monster Calls. Born in the United States, Ness moved to London and holds dual citizenship. Patrick Ness (born 17 October 1971) is an American-British author, journalist, lecturer, and screenwriter.

The rest of us just live here by patrick ness