

Here, Leigh talks about the inspiration for The Language of Thorns, her future plans for the Grishaverse, and what to expect from her upcoming book Ninth House.

These stories are meant to be read as folklore that the characters in Leigh's other books would have heard as children, but they have more in common with Game of Thrones than Disney - the gorgeous prince is never as nice as you think he is, the doting father isn't as trustworthy as you want him to be. Her new book The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic takes this project even further with a collection of short stories set in fictional countries like Ravka and Kerch, accompanied by beautiful illustrations done by artist Sara Kipin.

Since Shadow and Bonedebuted in 2012, author Leigh Bardugo has been playing with fairy tale and fantasy tropes in all of the books set in her Grishaverse world.
