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Samantha Shannon
, b. 1991
Samantha Shannon was born in 1991 in West London. She wrote her first, still unpublished novel, Aurora when she was 15. From 2010 to 2013, she studied English Language and Literature at St. Anne’s College at Oxford. She was shortlisted for the Young Star Women of the Future Award* as a student author in 2012, even before the publication of her first novel. The Bone Season, the first volume in a planned seven-book series was published in 2013 to critical acclaim and translated into more than 25 languages. Andy Serkis and studio Imaginarium bought the film rights to the series in 2013. Shannon currently lives in London and is on the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling authors list, having published The Mime Order in 2015, On the Merits of Unnaturalness and The Pale Dreamer in 2016, The Song Rising in 2017, and a standalone novel, The Priory of the Orange Tree in 2019. The Mask Falling, book four of the Bone Season series, is expected in 2021.
Sources:
bloomsbury.com (accessed: September 17, 2020);
BBC Meet the Author: Nick Higham conducts an interview with Samantha Shannon, February 3, 2015 (accessed: September 17, 2020);
The Author’s Twitter and blog.
Bio prepared by Elżbieta Olechowska, University of Warsaw, elzbieta.olechowska@gmail.com
* Created in 2006, The Women of the Future Awards celebrate female talent in the UK, in art, science, business, media, professions, technology, and sport. “The Young Star award acknowledges high achievers aged 16–21 who show exceptional promise within their industry, university or school.” (accessed: September 8, 2020 at: i-m-magazine.com).
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