![]() Rowling”? When you first saw that, what was your reaction? I think it is interesting that she chose a male name to write under.Īnd how do you feel about being dubbed “the new J.K. ![]() I think Stephen King did something similar-he submitted under a pseudonym just to see if he would get published. I can understand where she is coming from. Rowling’s using the pseudonym Robert Galbraith to write Cuckoo’s Calling? VF Daily:_ Was sci-fi always the genre you wanted to write in?_ In anticipation of *The Bone Season’*s release on August 20, we met Shannon for coffee last week in London and heard about her secretive writing process, the British slang she invented for the year 2059, and why she’d prefer the comparisons with another English author, J. The book centers on Paige Mahoney, a 19-year-old clairvoyant who, after accidently killing two policemen in London, is kidnapped and taken to the city of Oxford, which has been taken over by an otherworldly race, the Rephaites. ![]() ![]() ![]() Now complete, the first novel in the series, The Bone Season, is a dystopian, sci-fi story that some anticipate will kick off a Hunger Games–like frenzy and blockbuster franchise when it’s released next week. Last year, 21-year-old Oxford graduate Samantha Shannon, the first person in her family to have attended college, sold a seven-book series to Bloomsbury, took home a six-figure advance, and sold the book rights in 21 countries before going on to sell the film rights to a London-based production company. ![]()
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