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Samantha Shannon

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Samantha Shannon is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, born in London in 1991. She studied English Language and Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford, from 2010 to 2013, specialising in the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Principles of Film Criticism.

In 2013, at the age of 21, she published The Bone Season, the internationally bestselling first installment in a seven-book series of fantasy novels. Her first book outside the series, The Priory of the Orange Tree, was a finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards 2020. Its prequel, A Day of Fallen Night, was an instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller.

She is currently working on The Dark Mirror, the fifth book in the Bone Season series.
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Samantha Shannon I would love to write more stories in the same universe, yes.
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The Bone Season (The Bone S...

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The Mime Order (The Bone Se...

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The Song Rising (The Bone S...

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“No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.”
Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

“Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.”
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“We may be small, and we may be young, but we will shake the world for our beliefs.”
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“I am out with lanterns, looking for myself.”
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“War is what happens when language fails.”
Margaret Atwood
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“You know I've always considered women to be people.”
George R.R. Martin

“Besides this earth, and besides the race of men, there is an invisible world and a kingdom of spirits: that world is around us, for it is everywhere; and those spirits watch us, for they are commissioned to gaurd us; and if we were dying in pain and shame, if scorn smote us on all sides, and hatred crushed us, angels see our tortures, recognize our innocence, and God waits ony a speration of spirit from flesh to crown us with a full reward.”
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

“Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”
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message 8: by Leena

Leena Thank you for for writing all of your amazing books, you are my favourite author ever! :)


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Lami Daja Thank you for adding me as your friend, very awesome to share the love of reading books with you.


isobel Thank you for accepting my friend request! Was so inspiring to read Priory and have a story with such amazing LGBT rep and powerful female characters.


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Rose Thank you Samantha for accepting my friend request. I am currently reading "Priory of the Orange Tree" and it so well done.


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Donna Thank you, Samantha, for adding me as a friend on Goodreads.


Gloria Thanks so much for accepting my friendship request Samantha!! I love your books and I look forward to reading the next one. I'm so hooked I don't know if I can wait a whole year to read the next book. Keep up all the hard work, but above all, never change. You're amazing!


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message 1: by L

L Dear Samantha,
I would like to thank you so much for acepting my friendship request here on Goodreads. I am very excited about your debut 'The Bone Season' and wish you all the very best.
Kind Regards
Lucinda x


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