Samantha Shannon

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Samantha Shannon (born November 8, 1991 in Hammersmith ) is a British writer .

Life

Shannon grew up in Ruislip, a suburb in north-west London. At the age of fifteen, she began her first attempt at a trilogy of novels called Aurora , which went unpublished. After graduating from Bishop Ramsey School, Shannon studied English at St Anne's College , University of Oxford . She completed her studies in 2013.

The English-language edition of the first volume of the fantasy series of the same name, which was announced with a total of seven parts, was published on August 20, 2013 by Bloomsbury Publishing under the title The Bone Season . Even before its release, the debut attracted a lot of attention in the English-language media. Shannon is compared to JK Rowling , among others - whose Harry Potter series also appeared on Bloomsbury - which she herself does not only see as beneficial. The publisher is said to have paid a six-figure amount as an advance for the rights to the first three parts.

The bone season

The main character in the futuristic adventure novel that begins in 2059 is 19-year-old Paige Mahoney. Many large cities around the world are controlled by the security company Scion at that time. Paige works as a messenger in the London underworld for a man named Jaxon Hall in a secret cell that operates under the name "Seven Seals". The work she does is unusual. As a dream wanderer, a rare type of clairvoyance, she travels back and forth between people's heads and spies on them.

On a rainy day, your life changes forever. Attacked, kidnapped and drugged, Paige is taken to a prison in Oxford - a secret city that disappeared from the map two hundred years ago and is now ruled by a powerful different race. Paige is subordinated to Sheol I Arcturus Mesarthim, the blood companion of Nashira, also called "the guardian", a young Rephait with golden eyes and honey-colored skin. If Paige wants to regain her freedom, she has to learn something of his spirit and his own mysterious motives ...

The publishing rights were sold in more than twenty countries (including China , Thailand , Iceland ). The German-language rights are held by Bloomsbury Berlin, part of Berlin Verlag . The first part appeared in the German translation by Charlotte Lungstrass under the title The Bone Season as an e-book on October 1, 2013. The hardback edition followed on November 12, 2013. The film rights were acquired by Imaginarium Studios in London . "The dystopian world that Samantha created in The Bone Season provides a fantastic backdrop for a really extraordinary and exciting story," said producer Andy Serkis .

bibliography

  • The Bone Season (2013) . German: The Bone Season , translation: Charlotte Lungstraß, Bloomsbury Berlin, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-8270-1171-8 .
    • as audio book: The Bone Season - Die Träumerin , read by Laura Maire, audio book Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86952-059-9
  • The Mime Order (2015) . German: The Bone Season - Die Denkerfürsten , translation: Charlotte Lungstrass-Kupfer, Bloomsbury Berlin, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-8270-1230-2 .
    • as audio book: The Bone Season - Die Denkerfürsten , read by Laura Maire, audio book Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86952-262-3

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ There is a beginning in all magic , SZ-Magazin 44/2013, accessed on November 7, 2013
  2. ↑ a b Young author Samantha Shannon faces great expectations in 'The Bone Season' , CNN on August 21, 2013, accessed on August 24, 2013
  3. ↑ Debut novel by Samantha Shannon (English, 2010) is published worldwide , St Anne's College News, August 20, 2013, accessed November 7, 2013
  4. ↑ "The Bone Season" by Samantha Shannon hit the headlines. "The new JK Rowling" ( Memento of the original from September 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Book report from June 28, 2013, accessed on August 24, 2013 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buchreport.de
  5. ↑ The Bone Season - The Dreamer at Bloomsbury Berlin, accessed on November 7, 2013
  6. ↑ Student Author sells film rights , The Oxford Student Online, October 20, 2012, accessed August 24, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Shannon, Samantha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 8, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Hammersmith