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November 08, 1991

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Samantha Shannon is the New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, born in London in 1991. She studied English Language and Literature at St Anne's College, Oxford, from 2010 to 2013, specialising in the poetry of Emily Dickinson and Principles of Film Criticism.

In 2013, at the age of 21, she published The Bone Season, the internationally bestselling first installment in a seven-book series of fantasy novels. Her first book outside the series, The Priory of the Orange Tree, was a finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards 2020. Its prequel, A Day of Fallen Night, was an instant #1 Sunday Times bestseller.

She is currently working on The Dark Mirror, the fifth book in the Bone Season series. ...more

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	The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1) 4.19 avg rating — 231,348 ratings — published 2019 — 54 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bone Season (The Bone Season, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 87,814 ratings — published 2013 — 128 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Day of Fallen Night (The Roots of Chaos, #0) 4.36 avg rating — 39,022 ratings — published 2023 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mime Order (The Bone Season, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 34,838 ratings — published 2015 — 73 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Song Rising (The Bone Season, #3) 4.19 avg rating — 21,731 ratings — published 2017 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mask Falling (The Bone Season, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 12,408 ratings — published 2021 — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zakon Drzewa Pomarańczy. Część 1 (Korzenie chaosu, #1A) by Samantha Shannon (Goodreads Author), Maciej Pawlak (Translator) 4.07 avg rating — 10,844 ratings — published 2019 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zakon Drzewa Pomarańczy. Część 2 (Korzenie chaosu, #1B) by Samantha Shannon (Goodreads Author), Maciej Pawlak (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 7,758 ratings — published 2019 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Pale Dreamer (The Bone Season, #0.5) 3.88 avg rating — 8,192 ratings — published 2016 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dawn Chorus (The Bone Season, #3.5) 4.17 avg rating — 5,060 ratings — published 2020 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.”
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“Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.”
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“We may be small, and we may be young, but we will shake the world for our beliefs.”
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2nd Quarter 2019 - Fantasy #3

The Wolf in the Whale by Jordanna Max Brodsky, 544p

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Fly by Night by Frances Hardinge, 435p

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The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo, 384p

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The Lost Queen by Signe Pike, 527p

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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon, 848p

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Tomorrow by Damian Dibben, 335p

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Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, 412p

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The Goblin Emperor by Katherine Addison, 446p

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Angel with the Sword by C.J. Cherryh, 302p

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Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook by Christina Henry, 292p

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The Wind in His Heart by Charles de Lint, 545p

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The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson, 440p

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