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Samantha Shannon

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in London, The United Kingdom

November 08, 1991

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Samantha Shannon studied English Language and Literature at St. Anne’s College, Oxford. The Bone Season, the first in a seven-book series, was a New York Times bestseller and the inaugural Today Book Club selection.

Her next novel, The Priory of the Orange Tree, was published in February 2019 and became a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller. Her work has been translated into twenty-six languages. She lives in London.

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	The Priory of the Orange Tree (The Roots of Chaos, #1) 4.23 avg rating — 138,192 ratings — published 2019 — 48 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) 3.80 avg rating — 73,973 ratings — published 2013 — 111 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) 4.20 avg rating — 28,268 ratings — published 2015 — 61 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) 4.18 avg rating — 16,717 ratings — published 2017 — 31 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) 4.47 avg rating — 8,188 ratings — published 2021 — 27 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) 4.09 avg rating — 6,119 ratings — published 2019 — 2 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) 3.91 avg rating — 5,882 ratings — published 2016 — 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) 4.24 avg rating — 4,205 ratings — published 2019 — 10 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) 4.18 avg rating — 3,679 ratings — published 2020 — 6 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) 4.60 avg rating — 3,208 ratings — published 2023 — 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

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Series by Samantha Shannon

The Roots of Chaos (2 books)
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Samantha Shannon (Goodreads Author)

4.24 avg rating — 151,617 ratings

The Bone Season (7 books)
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3.98 avg rating — 138,124 ratings

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“No woman should be made to fear that she was not enough.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

tags: feminism, inspirational

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“Knowledge is dangerous. Once you know something, you can't get rid of it. You have to carry it. Always.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Bone Season

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“We may be small, and we may be young, but we will shake the world for our beliefs.”
― Samantha Shannon, The Priory of the Orange Tree

tags: life

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Blood Heir (Aurelia Ryder, #1) by Ilona Andrews

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Across the Green Grass Fields (Wayward Children, #6) by Seanan McGuire

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The Mask Falling (The Bone Season, #4) by Samantha Shannon

The Mask Falling by Samantha Shannon
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Lost in Las Vegas (Frost & Crowe Mystery, #1) by Kristen Painter

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Master of Storms (Legends of the Storm, #5) by Bec McMaster

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