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, it’s not happening.’ Samantha Shannon Read Quote
I was born in 1991, and ‘Harry Potter’ came out in ’97, so, you know, I was really obsessed. I used to read them in one night. Samantha Shannon Read Quote
I often look at places and kind of mentally convert them to fantasy versions of themselves. Samantha Shannon Read Quote
I’ve never had a supernatural experience. I’ve been tempted to maybe have a tarot-card reading, but I don’t know if I’d necessarily want to know. Samantha Shannon Read Quote
Whenever anyone calls me ‘The new J..K. Rowling,’ I think, ‘What’s wrong with the old one?’ Samantha Shannon Read Quote
I wanted to write a sci-fi story that would appeal to young women. Loads of girls like sci-fi, but it’s more culturally associated with guys. Samantha Shannon Read Quote
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 I think writing was a way of withdrawing into my own imagination. Samantha Shannon Read Quote
I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkien’s legendarium after studying Old English literature at uni, as I got a sense of the historical events and cultures that Tolkien used to create his world. My favourite of his imaginary locations is Lothlorien. Samantha Shannon Read Quote
I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it. Samantha Shannon Read Quote
I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It’s OK to say I’m a nerd. That’s me. Samantha Shannon Read Quote
