![]() ![]() A third collaborator, Jim Kay has added to the book’s power with striking and menacing black and white illustrations. Critics have widely praised the result, saying it is neither typical of a Siobhan Dowd book nor a Patrick Ness title but a unique hybrid of two of the best Young Adult writers. Carnegie Award & Costa winning author Patrick Ness has written a novel inspired by her initial outline. In addition to the four award winning novels Siobhan left the roots of a fifth short novel. Well, he ran fast and he ran with grace.” Frank Cottrell Boyce, The Guardian ![]() In a moving introduction, Ness says it was like being handed a baton and told to run. And now Patrick Ness and illustrator Jim Kay have created a new book from a set of notes that she left behind. “ When does a writer really die? Since Dowd’s death, her publisher has brought out her Carnegie-winning novel, Solace of the Road. “Compelling…Powerful and Impressive” Phillip Pullman By Patrick Ness, illustrated by Jim Kay (based on an idea by Siobhan Dowd) ![]()
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