Costanza Casati in conversation with Samantha Shannon at Piccadilly

We are thrilled to be joined by Costanza Casati at Waterstones Piccadilly to celebrate the publication of her new retelling, Babylonia. From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient history, as Casati reimagines the rise to power of the Assyrian empire's only female ruler, Semiramis.

Costanza Casati was born in Texas and grew up in a village in Northern Italy, where she studied Ancient Greek, and Ancient Greek literature, under one of the country’s most rigorous academic programmes. She is a graduate of the prestigious Warwick Writing MA in the UK, and has worked as a screenwriter and journalist. Her debut novel, Clytemnestra, was a Saturday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the HWA Debut Crown Award. Babylonia, set in the fierce world of the Assyrian Empire, is her second novel.

Samantha Shannon is the New York Times bestselling author of The Bone Season and The Roots of Chaos series. Her work has been translated into twenty-six languages. She lives in London.

Please note: Book and ticket option includes a copy of Babylonia (RRP. £18.99) which will be available for collection on the night.

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