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Patrick Ness is the internationally and New York Times bestselling author of A Monster Calls, 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 bestselling Chaos Walking trilogy, More Than This, Release, Different for Boys, The Rest of Us Just Live Here, Burn, and 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. Ness lives in London and his latest book for young adults is Piper at the Gates of Dusk (2026).

Joniece Abbott-Pratt is an American actress and experienced audiobook narrator. With an MFA in Acting from the University of Iowa, Joniece has performed on regional theatre stages across the country including The Public Theatre in NYC. She has also appeared on numerous television shows including The Good Fight, Law & Order: SUV, Luke Cage and Orange is the New Black.