Patrick Ness In Conversation

Patrick Ness (he/him) is the New York Times best-selling author of A Monster Calls (inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd), which won both the Carnegie Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal, was a Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist, and was made into a major motion picture for which he wrote the screenplay. He is also the author of the critically acclaimed and best-selling Chaos Walking trilogy, More Than This, Release, Different for Boys, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, Burn, and his latest, Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody. His many accolades include two Carnegie Medals, an Olivier Award, the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, the Book Trust Teenage Prize, and the Costa Children’s Book Award. Patrick Ness lives in London and Los Angeles.

Dave Lowe is the Brisbane-based author of fourteen children’s books. His award-winning Stinky and Jinks series, about a boy and his genius hamster, has been translated into six languages and sold over 200,000 copies worldwide. Dave’s The Incredible Dadventure series follows the hilarious, death-defying adventures of Holly and her explorer dad. The first book in the series won the Teach Primary Award and the Lancashire Fantastic Book Award in the UK.

In 2023, Dave released Rocket, a middle grade about 12-year-old Maddy, who moves to Central-West Queensland, away from her soccer team, but still dreams of playing for The Matildas; and, with Hachette, the first book in a series for younger readers, Pixies vs Fairies.

Dave has also co-written an episode – Café – of the TV show, Bluey, and is currently working with Ludo Studios on more Bluey episodes.