“'Shadow and Bone' was my first book, and I think I was unconsciously e...” — Leigh Bardugo Quote

“'Shadow and Bone' was my first book, and I think I was unconsciously echoing a lot of the fantasy that I had grown up with, which sets a kind of default for straight white characters. And that's something I've tried to improve on as I write, to write more authentically and reflect the people around me in the world, around me more realistically.”

“Let the hounds give chase. I do not fear death, because I command it.”

“I had wanted to be a writer for a very long time, and I had started a lot of books and failed to finish them. I had this terrible pattern of beginning manuscripts and then just losing steam, and I had begun to believe that I just didn't have it in me.”

“I felt so contained at home. I always really felt like I couldn't be myself at home, so I was always quiet. I remember I used to sit in my room and listen to Bone Thugs and close the door.”

“I really like Rag & Bone jeans; I wear a lot of those.”

“I'm country to the bone.”