A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness is an insanely beautiful writer. – John Green * TIME Magazine *[A] significant and stirring book… Both realistic and magical, it is a fable about the complexity of our emotions, giving us permission to feel anger, and illuminating the nature of loss. * The Sunday Times *A funny, moving story which brought a lump to my throat at the end. This is definitely one of my favourite books of the year. * Malorie Blackman, The Guardian *A thoughtful story that lingers in the mind. * Daily Express *…a profoundly sad story. But it’s also wise, darkly funny and brave, told in spare sentences, punctuated with fantastic images… A story that lodges in your bones and stays there. * The New York Times *

Patrick Ness is the award-winning and bestselling author of the Chaos Walking trilogy, A Monster Calls, More Than This, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, Release and And the Ocean Was Our Sky. John Green has described him as “an insanely beautiful writer”. He has won every major prize in children’s fiction, including the Carnegie Medal twice. He has written the screenplay for the film of A Monster Calls and the BBC Doctor Who spin-off, Class. The first Chaos Walking film is slated for release in 2021.