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Meet Samantha Shannon's biggest critic: herself

Meet Samantha Shannon's biggest critic: herself

Update: 2024-07-29
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Samantha Shannon has such power as a bestselling writer that she's reissued her fantasy Bone Season series with new edits. In a revealing conversation she tells Claire Nichols what it takes to reach such heights.

Samantha Shannon was just 20 when she won a six-figure publishing deal for this series. She also has another series on the go called Roots of Chaos which begins with the bestselling The Priory of the Orange Tree.

Samantha Shannon spoke to Claire Nichols at the recent Sydney Writers Festival to find out how she's navigated being published from such a young age, the challenge of being compared to J.K. Rowling and the influence of the film DragonHeart on her beginnings as a fantasy author. 

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Meet Samantha Shannon's biggest critic: herself

Meet Samantha Shannon's biggest critic: herself

Australian Broadcasting Corporation