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The Bone Season #6
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First published January 1, 2026
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Samantha Shannon
35 books30.2k followersSamantha Shannon is the New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Bone Season series. From 2010 to 2013 she studied English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford. Her fourth novel, The Priory of the Orange Tree (2019), was her first outside of the series. It has sold over a million copies in English alone, and was a finalist in the Lambda Literary Awards 2020. Its standalone prequel, A Day of Fallen Night (2023), won the gold medal in the Fantasy category at the Ippy Awards 2024.
Samantha's work has been translated into twenty-seven languages. Her most recent book is The Dark Mirror (2025), the fifth instalment in the Bone Season series.
Samantha's work has been translated into twenty-seven languages. Her most recent book is The Dark Mirror (2025), the fifth instalment in the Bone Season series.
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February 1, 2026With almost two months to go until The Dark Mirror comes out, I think I'll start my update diary for TBS6 . . .
14 December 2024: I've officially started the first draft. Very excited for this one. I can't believe I'm on the penultimate instalment of the series.
17 March 2025: Had to postpone work on the draft while I was touring for The Dark Mirror – I find it difficult to write on tours with a stop almost every day – but I made sure I'd done the prologue and two more chapters before leaving for my tour, as I find openings the hardest part of a draft, so now I'm jumping straight into Chapter 3. I have a lot of threads to draw together in these last two instalments, which I know is going to push my abilities to the limit; it's daunting, but I find I'm looking forward to the challenge. My current deadline for the first draft is mid-July, and if I hit this, it would allow for a late 2026 release. However, for safety, I'm giving 2026/2027 as my estimation for this Bone Season instalment, as I really don't want such a pivotal book in the series to feel rushed or undercooked. I really can't see any reason there would be a longer gap than two years this time. As ever, I'm very grateful for your patience.
22 July 2025: It's been difficult to find time to work solidly on the draft over the last few months. This is my first ever time publishing two books in a year, and there's been a lot to juggle – I recently had to sign more than 60K tip-ins (mostly for Among the Burning Flowers), for example – but I have made slow and steady progress on TBS6 and am now well into Part 2. To my enormous relief, I looked at my calendar yesterday and realised that I finally have some uninterrupted weeks to write before I go on tour again in September – almost the whole rest of the summer. I'm going to do my utmost to protect this time, as I’m the kind of writer who ideally needs to get deeply immersed in order to make big, fast chunks of progress. Fingers crossed I can finish a zero draft by autumn.
14 November 2025: About two weeks after I wrote my last update, I was hit by a health issue that forced me to request a deadline extension from Bloomsbury. A second health issue struck a month later, just as I was going on my tour for Among the Burning Flowers. Although I'm still dealing with both issues, I'm proud and relieved to report that the first draft of TBS6 has (almost) been handed in. I say (almost) because I've sent the first 165K words, but just need an extra few days to write the finale. I'll let you know the complete word count in a few days, but safe to say . . . she's a big one
25 November 2025: The entire first draft is now with my editor at 190K words, making it the longest Bone Season draft I've ever submitted. I'm sure I'll whittle it down a bit during the edits, but this one is going to be a chunk. Thank you for your patience while I work on fine-tuning it.
1 February 2026: Almost done with the structural edit!
14 December 2024: I've officially started the first draft. Very excited for this one. I can't believe I'm on the penultimate instalment of the series.
17 March 2025: Had to postpone work on the draft while I was touring for The Dark Mirror – I find it difficult to write on tours with a stop almost every day – but I made sure I'd done the prologue and two more chapters before leaving for my tour, as I find openings the hardest part of a draft, so now I'm jumping straight into Chapter 3. I have a lot of threads to draw together in these last two instalments, which I know is going to push my abilities to the limit; it's daunting, but I find I'm looking forward to the challenge. My current deadline for the first draft is mid-July, and if I hit this, it would allow for a late 2026 release. However, for safety, I'm giving 2026/2027 as my estimation for this Bone Season instalment, as I really don't want such a pivotal book in the series to feel rushed or undercooked. I really can't see any reason there would be a longer gap than two years this time. As ever, I'm very grateful for your patience.
22 July 2025: It's been difficult to find time to work solidly on the draft over the last few months. This is my first ever time publishing two books in a year, and there's been a lot to juggle – I recently had to sign more than 60K tip-ins (mostly for Among the Burning Flowers), for example – but I have made slow and steady progress on TBS6 and am now well into Part 2. To my enormous relief, I looked at my calendar yesterday and realised that I finally have some uninterrupted weeks to write before I go on tour again in September – almost the whole rest of the summer. I'm going to do my utmost to protect this time, as I’m the kind of writer who ideally needs to get deeply immersed in order to make big, fast chunks of progress. Fingers crossed I can finish a zero draft by autumn.
14 November 2025: About two weeks after I wrote my last update, I was hit by a health issue that forced me to request a deadline extension from Bloomsbury. A second health issue struck a month later, just as I was going on my tour for Among the Burning Flowers. Although I'm still dealing with both issues, I'm proud and relieved to report that the first draft of TBS6 has (almost) been handed in. I say (almost) because I've sent the first 165K words, but just need an extra few days to write the finale. I'll let you know the complete word count in a few days, but safe to say . . . she's a big one
25 November 2025: The entire first draft is now with my editor at 190K words, making it the longest Bone Season draft I've ever submitted. I'm sure I'll whittle it down a bit during the edits, but this one is going to be a chunk. Thank you for your patience while I work on fine-tuning it.
1 February 2026: Almost done with the structural edit!
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November 29, 2024what i’m holding space for
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December 18, 202412/13/2024: To think I first marked this for my TBR back in 2015 right after I read The Mime Order 🥺
12/17/2024: I'll officially be hibernating until TBS6... ._.
12/17/2024: I'll officially be hibernating until TBS6... ._.
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September 24, 2025I can’t believe I have to wait TWO more years to return to this world. I literally think about this series like twice a day.
Samantha Shannon, you’ve ruined me in the best, most agonizing way
Samantha Shannon, you’ve ruined me in the best, most agonizing way
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November 4, 2025this book is my reason to (lovingly) keep on going
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April 14, 2022i’m going to be TWENTY by the time this comes out
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March 12, 2025I think about this book at least twice a day
April 5, 2025
I've been obsessed over the series and binged everything in days. I NEED THIS BOOK. MISS SAMANTHA PLEASE
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