He passed on representing the novel but offered her a summer internship instead. David Goodwin was one of the agents that Shannon submitted her manuscript to. Her mother intercepted and shredded some of Shannon’s rejections so she would not become discouraged. Shannon sent her first novel to several agents and received almost a dozen rejections. “Writing was a drug I couldn’t stop taking,” she said in an interview with The Guardian. But despite her mother’s concern Shannon would not stop writing. She has listed poet John Donne, Margaret Atwood’s “A Handmaid’s Tale” and Anthony Burgess’ “Clockwork Orange” as sources of writing inspiration, although reviewers also compared her writing to Tolkien, Dickens, the Bronte sisters and fantasy author Philip Pullman.īy the time Shannon was 15 she completed her first book, the unpublished fantasy novel “Aurora.” She spent so much time in her room, writing that novel, that her mother worried she might become a recluse. But maybe her early success should not come as a surprise since she began seriously writing at the age of 12.

Shannon was only 21 when her book was published and the movie rights optioned. “Having consultation rights means this will be a collaborative project. “I’m thrilled to be working with Imaginarium to make The Bone Season’ into a film,” said Shannon in an interview with The Oxford Student. Imaginarium and actor Andy Serkis optioned the film rights to “The Bone Season” in 2013 and the project is currently in production. Positive reviews led to the book being optioned for a film, an even potentially a film series. While some reviewers for “The Bone Season” described it as covering “familiar” territory, others praised it for its fresh original concepts and for the author’s ability to make familiar territory seem new. NPR called it “Intelligent, inventive and engrossing.” Booklist called it “dazzlingly brainy, witty and bewitching.” NBC’s Today show chose the book as the first for its new monthly book club. A second book, “The Mime Order,” was published in 2015. Her first book, “The Bone Season,” published in 2013, was a critical and commercial success, selling 7,000 copies in seven days andeventually becoming an international bestseller.

Rowling and Suzanne Collins, author of “The Hunger Games.” Because of her six-figure, seven-book deal with Bloomsbury Publishing, Samantha Shannon has been compared to “Harry Potter” author J.K. Samantha Shannon comfortably fit into this glamorous group of timeless authors. At the mention of the names of such authors, images of the riveting drama playing out in their books swiftly come to the minds o lovers and haters alike. The world has known so many authors but there are very few who have stolen the spotlight wherever they go or whenever their names are mentioned.

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