Born in 1991, Samantha Shannon was brought up in west London, where she started writing at the age of fifteen. This summer she will graduate from St Anne’s College, Oxford with a degree in English Language and Literature. In 2012 she was shortlisted for a Women of the Future Award.
Sessions in which Samantha Shannon participates
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- Let's Make a World De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Stafford
- 10:00 AM BST - 10:50 AM BST | 50 minutes
- Writing a book means constructing an entire world—sometimes a world closely based on our own, and sometimes a totally new world. No big deal, right...
- LeakyCon Lit
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
- LeakyCon Lit Signing! De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Essex
- 12:30 PM BST - 1:50 PM BST | 1 hour 20 minutes
- Autograph Session
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Fear and Loathing in the Writing Process: How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Terror De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Stafford
- 2:00 PM BST - 2:50 PM BST | 50 minutes
- Panel
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- The Student Authors De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Stafford
- 10:00 AM BST - 10:49 AM BST | 49 minutes
- Both Samantha Shannon and Abigail Gibbs are Oxford students, and now—published authors. What’s that like? We’re wondering as well. What was it like...
- Panel
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
- LeakyCon Lit Signing! De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Essex
- 12:30 PM BST - 1:50 PM BST | 1 hour 20 minutes
- Autograph Session
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Who Needs School? De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Stafford
- 2:00 PM BST - 2:50 PM BST | 50 minutes
- Writers come from varied backgrounds—some are academics, some are dropouts, and some are in-between. Find out how these authors handled their varie...
- Panel