Carnegie and Greenaway medal-winner A Monster Calls - in pictures

Jim Kay's illustration of the monster leaning into Conor's bedroom from the Carnegie and Greenaway medal award-winning A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness Photograph: Jim Kay and Walker Books 'I love atmosphere, and I guess that's what I wanted to contribute,' explains Jim Kay of his illustrations for Patrick Ness's award-winning A Monster Calls Photograph: Jim Kay and Walker Books A Monster Calls illustrator Jim Kay says: 'The important thing was to give the reader the room to create their own characters and images in their mind, I was just putting suggestions of the Monster and Conor in there to help them along the way; darkness and ambiguity allows the reader to illuminate the scenes internally.' Photograph: Jim Kay and Walker Books Jim Kay, illustrator of A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, winner of the prestigious Carnegie and Greenaway medals Photograph: PR Patrick Ness, who, with A Monster Calls, has won the Carnegie medal two years running. The book is also the first to win both the Carnegie and the Greenaway medal for illustration Photograph: Debbie Smyth