Samantha Shannon

She/her

Participates in 6 items
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

Friday 9 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT+00:00) London
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Let's Make a World
50 minutes, 10:00 AM BST - 10:50 AM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Stafford

LeakyCon Lit

Juno Dawson (Participant)

Laure Eve (Participant)

Will Hill (Participant)

Samantha Shannon (Participant)

Matt Whyman (Participant)

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...
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
LeakyCon Lit Signing!
1 hour 20 minutes, 12:30 PM BST - 1:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Essex

Autograph Session

Juno Dawson (Participant)

Laure Eve (Participant)

Sally Gardner (Participant)

Will Hill (Participant)

Samantha Shannon (Participant)

Elizabeth Wein (Participant)

Matt Whyman (Participant)

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Fear and Loathing in the Writing Process: How to Stop Worrying and Learn to Love the Terror
50 minutes, 2:00 PM BST - 2:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Stafford

Panel

Rosianna Halse Rojas (Moderator)

Juno Dawson (Participant)

Laure Eve (Participant)

Sally Gardner (Participant)

Samantha Shannon (Participant)

Elizabeth Wein (Participant)

Saturday 10 August, 2013

Time Zone: (GMT+00:00) London
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
The Student Authors
49 minutes, 10:00 AM BST - 10:49 AM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Stafford

Panel

Charlotte Morris (Moderator)

Samantha Shannon (Participant)

Abigail Gibbs (Participant)

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...
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
LeakyCon Lit Signing!
1 hour 20 minutes, 12:30 PM BST - 1:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Essex

Autograph Session

Juno Dawson (Participant)

Abigail Gibbs (Participant)

Dawn O'Porter (Participant)

Samantha Shannon (Participant)

Elizabeth Wein (Participant)

Matt Whyman (Participant)

2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Who Needs School?
50 minutes, 2:00 PM BST - 2:50 PM BST

De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms - Stafford

Panel

Rosianna Halse Rojas (Moderator)

Juno Dawson (Participant)

Abigail Gibbs (Participant)

Samantha Shannon (Participant)

Elizabeth Wein (Participant)

Matt Whyman (Participant)

Writers come from varied backgrounds—some are academics, some are dropouts, and some are in-between. Find out how these authors handled their varie...