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 and Release. 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 2020. He lives in Los Angeles, USA.
Rovina Cai creates illustrations that evoke a sense of
intrigue and she is often inspired by the past. From myths and
fairy-tales to gothic novels, she loves stories that bring a little
bit of magic and wonder to the present day. She lives in Melbourne,
Australia.
“As in all his work, the writing is clear and often lyrical, and
the story moves with plenty of pace. […] Rovina Cai’s full-page and
double-page illustrations are beautiful in their own right, but
they’re a real enhancement to the story and perfectly integrated
into the design. I loved it, and you can call me Ishmael if it
doesn’t end up on several prize shortlists.”
*Guardian.com*
Ness explores war, power and obsession in a haunting, lyrical fable
that reimagines the story of Moby Dick from the perspective of the
whales.
*The Bookseller*
Ness’s imagination is often awe-inspiring; he goes to places no
whale has gone before and is never short of a deep thought. This is
not just a story about hunting whales, it’s a comment on the
futility of war, and the myths that we create and use as excuses
for our actions.
*The Times, Children's Book of the Week*
“Ness’s imagination is often awe-inspiring; he goes to places no
whale has gone before and is never short of a deep thought. This is
not just a story about hunting whales, it’s a comment on the
futility of war, and the myths that we create and use as excuses
for our actions.”
*The Times*
Mind-bendingly brilliant and fearlessly strange!
*Frances Hardinge, author of 'The Lie Tree'*
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