SHADOW AND BONE

WITH HER 2012 NOVEL SHADOW And Bone, Leigh Bardugo introduced readers to a world of magic, monsters and drama. The tale spawned two other bestsellers – Siege And Storm and Ruin And Rising – as well as the Six Of Crows duology. The property always seemed poised to get adapted by a studio, network or streaming service. Inevitably, Netflix scooped it up, before securing Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Bird Box) as showrunner.

Heisserer was already acquainted with the title, having discovered it after making a New Year’s resolution to indulge in more pleasure reading. “The last 12 books I had read prior to were all for possible adaptations,” he tells . “You go in with a work brain that is constantly analysing what you are doing. I reached out to an old friend and asked for a recommendation, something I hadn’t heard of. And he says, ‘You are going to want to read in a world.’ I said, ‘Yes, yes I am. I would like