↑ 'I wrote a story called 'A Royal Affair' for this anthology.Pictured: a 400-year-old house, and a computer containing my next novel, a short story about Lila Bard, a TV pitch, daily footage from First Kill, and a pile of big ideas.' Various animes and Avatar: The Last Airbender heavily influenced Shades of Magic.She has expressed interest to write more comics in the Shades of Magic world, though with a 'shift focus, either in time, or to another London.'.Schwab's favorite aspect of worldbuilding was to name the ships.

She loves to play with the idea of doors, may they be 'between life and death, mundane and supernatural, insider and outsider.' Shades of Magic is her exploration of doors between worlds.

Almost all of Schwab's books have been a 'reaction to something read-or something been able to find.' Shades of Magic was her reaction to landscape of fantasy, meaning the contents of many fantasy books that are published.

The world and story of Shades of Magic was created by both V.

The concept of Vitari was added rather late to the story as the first draft of A Darker Shade of Magic did not feature it.' It was her 'first real physical sense of history and antiquity.' Schwab decided to set the series in London because her mother is from southern England and when Schwab first went to visit England as a child, she was fascinated by the fact that individual places were older than her homeland the USA and that 'history an ever-present thing all around.Schwab has stated that all characters 'should be presumed queer unless stated otherwise' and that, so far, 'only' George III and George IV are heterosexual. The majority of people in the Shades of Magic world, a 'not binary' world, are attracted to power rather than gender.Īpart from replicas, the company also sells regular merchandise such as clothing, patches, and tote bags.Īround 2012/13, Schwab started working on Shades of Magic when she got the image in her mind of Kell Maresh and Lila Bard's collision in an alley in Grey London. They were handmade by Joshua Polus (The Orange Armory). They also released a replica of Lila Bard's dagger on October 28, 2022. The first product was an element set it was limited to 250 and came with a signed certificate of authenticity. Schwab has teamed up with Lit Escalates to produce official merchandise based on various of her books. On October 27, 2018, an official clothing line, A Darker Shade of Clothing, based on the Shades of Magic series was launched on Jordandené. ' A Royal Affair' - a short story included in the 2020 anthology A Universe of Wishes: A We Need Diverse Books Anthology about Alucard's courtship with Rhy and how he became the captain of the Night Spire.Shades of Magic: Night of Knives (2019).Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince (2019).Main series Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince

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