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Serving in the executive branch is very different than sounding off from an academic perch.


Samantha Power

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SAMANTHA SHANNON I was born in 1991, and 'Harry Potter' came out in '97, so, you know, I was really obses...
SAMANTHA SHANNON I often look at places and kind of mentally convert them to fantasy versions of themselves.
SAMANTHA SHANNON I've never had a supernatural experience. I've been tempted to maybe have a tarot-card readi...
SAMANTHA SHANNON Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the ol...
SAMANTHA SHANNON I wanted to write a sci-fi story that would appeal to young women. Loads of girls like sci-fi, but i...
SAMANTHA SHANNON I fell even more deeply in love with Tolkien's legendarium after studying Old English literature...
SAMANTHA SHANNON I'm not going to give it the big 'I am' now that I'm a New York Times bestseller.
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