1 New York Times bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures series * Samantha Shannon has a hugely inventive talent and an imagination with seven league boots. The Bone Season is a must read * Kami Garcia, No. Leading the charge is Samantha Shannon * Harper's Bazaar * A dark and exquisitely rendered fantasy unlike anything out there. With a massive, world-wide fan-base hungry for more adventures of Paige Mahoney, it’s likely that the days of publishing disappointment are, like the London of Scion, a whole alternate reality for Samantha Shannon.Truly extraordinary and thrilling * Andy Serkis * A new breed of women authors are claiming fantasy for their own. It got to the point where my mum was hiding the rejection letters from me because she didn’t want me to be disappointed.” “I wrote my first book at 15 and sent it off to literary agents and publishers. “Since I was 13, I wanted to be a published author,” she says. although it could be said that she’s already got her dream job.
With The Mime Order out now, and Shannon hard at work on writing Book Three of the series, it’s unlikely she’ll be job-hunting just yet. “There was a lot of pressure, but I still managed to get a 2:1, which I was very pleased with,” she says. “It would be AMAZING to see it made into a movie.”īetween signing the initial deal and The Bone Season being published there was an agonising wait of 15 months – mainly, says Shannon, because Bloomsbury insisted that she finish her degree. I wouldn’t want to take control but it is good to know I can get involved to make sure it’s right.” Then she breaks out into a massive grin. I have consultation rights, which is a major comfort. We’ve met with people at Fox and there’s a double-Oscar nominated screenwriter on board, but I can’t say any more at the moment. From the days of jumping up and down on her bed, Shannon seems to have adopted a business-like cool: “The studio champions British films which is great.
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