Children’s author pledges to match £10,000 of donations, and is quickly joined by other writers, with more than £60,000 promised within hours
As politicians bicker and columnists wring their hands over Europe’s refugee crisis, the award-winning children’s writer Patrick Ness has taken a more direct route, raising more than £60,000 – and counting – in less than five hours.
In a “spur of the moment” decision, the author took to Twitter on Thursday morning, saying he had to do “something to help this refugee crisis” and pledging to match the first £10,000 in donations to a personal appeal for the charity Save the Children.
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