I've been writing since I was about thirteen but didn't start a book until 2007. I spent four years writing a sci-fi… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
I am never not thinking about stories. 'The Bone Season' is 90% of my brain - 10% is interacting with the rest… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote.… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
Rowling is a luminous storyteller. I love her sense of humor and the intricate wizarding world she built around Hogwarts. I think… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
'The Bone Season' is violent. There's sex. My little brother keeps asking to read it, and he's 9, so I'm like, 'No,… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share Image
I do not know what I can do for this world but I will not let any harm come to you — Samantha Shannon Copy Share
J. K. Rowling is one of my favourite authors, and I really admire how she created this big wizarding world. But I think our… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share
Not all of us know what we are. Some of us die without ever knowing. Some of us know, and never get caught. But… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share
I've been writing since I was about thirteen but didn't start a book until 2007. I spent four years writing a sci-fi novel before… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share
Writing a novel is like knocking on a door that will never open. You are so desperate to get in, you will say or… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share
I was a shy child, and when I was 13, I started wearing braces on my teeth. I used to be acutely self-conscious, and… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share
“I thought of all the years I had spent thinking about him, wondering if he would ever come back to me. And I thought… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share
“I am not your queen,' Sabran whispered over her skin, 'but I am yours.” — Samantha Shannon Copy Share
I know what I want to achieve in each book and the major points, but I don't plan right down to the chapters. I… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share
I would never see him again. But as I watched the tunnel race before my eyes, I was certain of one thing: I did… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share
Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?' — Samantha Shannon Copy Share
My father thought I would lead a simple life; that I was bright but unambitious, complacant with whatever work life threw at me. My… — Samantha Shannon Copy Share
