 Publications for which Neate has written include "The Washington Post", "The Independent", "Building", "Hospital Doctor", "The Face", "Doctor", "Minx", "The Times", "The Telegraph", "Marie Claire", "The Sunday Times", "The Guardian", "Harpers and Queen", "The Sunday Tribune", "The Standard", "Mixmag", "Sky", "Q", "Time Out", "Tatler", "The Sunday Telegraph" and "The Independent on Sunday".In 2000, Neate won a Betty Trask Award for his first novel, "Musungu Jim".In 2001 he won a Whitbread Award for his second book, "Twelve Bar Blues", which also won the Prix de l'inaperçu in France.