Patrick Ness

novelist and short story writer

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Patrick Ness is British-American novelist and short story writer.

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Patrick Ness' A Monster Calls – about a boy facing tremendous conflict with a bully at school, well-meaning inattentive teachers, and a dying mother – was actually already a story…

Patrick Ness: A Monster Calls

Patrick Ness' A Monster Calls – about a boy facing tremendous conflict with a bully at school, well-meaning inattentive teachers, and a dying mother – was actually already a story…

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