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Samantha Shannon (born 8 November 1991) is a British writer of dystopian, fantasy and paranormal fiction.[3] Her debut novel, The Bone Season was published in 2013 and is the first of a seven-book series.[4]

Samantha Shannon
Born	(1991-11-08) November 8, 1991 (age 30)[1] Hammersmith, London, England[2]
Occupation	Writer
Genre	Dystopian, fantasy, paranormal
Notable works	The Bone Season, The Priory of the Orange Tree
Website
samantha-shannon.blogspot.com

Life and career

Shannon was born in Hammersmith, London in November 1991[1] and grew up in Ruislip.[5] She first began writing at the age of fifteen, when she wrote her first novel, Aurora, which remains unpublished.[6] Shannon studied English language and literature at St Anne's College, Oxford,[3][7] and graduated in 2013.[8]

In 2012 she signed a six-figure book deal with Bloomsbury Publishing, who bid following the London Book Fair, to publish the first three books in a seven-book series, beginning with The Bone Season.[4] Set in 2059, the events of the novel take place in a London governed by a "security force" called Scion and an Oxford which has become a huge prison.[8] Following this novel's publication, Shannon was compared favorably to J.K. Rowling.[9] Film rights to The Bone Season were optioned by Andy Serkis's film company, The Imaginarium Studios, in November 2012.[7]

The Priory of the Orange Tree, a standalone fantasy novel by Shannon, was published in 2019 by Bloomsbury Publishing.[10] Priory was named by Collider as a sapphic book that should be turned into a show or movie.[11] A prequel, A Day of Fallen Night, will be published in January 2023. Shannon has called the series The Roots of Chaos, having originally planned to only write one book within the universe and later stating that there were more stories to tell.

Personal life

Shannon said that it is difficult for her to find a "firm label" for her sexuality, but that she identifies as "queer" and is attracted to women.[12]

Bibliography

The Bone Season series

• The Bone Season (2013)[13]
• The Mime Order (2015)
• The Song Rising (2017)
• The Mask Falling (2021)

Related works

• On the Merits of Unnaturalness (2015)
• The Pale Dreamer (2016)
• The Dawn Chorus (2020)

Other novels

• The Priory of the Orange Tree (2019)[14]
• A Day of Fallen Night (2023)

Short stories

• Amrita (2013)
• "Marigold" in Because You Love to Hate Me: 13 Tales of Villainy, edited by Amerie (2017)

References

External links

• Samantha Shannon's blog
• Official site for The Bone Season series

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