Leigh Bardugo has shared her joy over Netflix's adaptation of her Grishaverse novels for Shadow and Bone, which will be released globally on April 23. The hotly-anticipated fantasy show takes its name from -and is based predominantly on- Leigh's book of the same name, which is the first in a trilogy, and also draws from her Six of Crows duology. In an exclusive chat with MailOnline, the novelist, 46, detailed how much she has enjoyed bringing her characters to life on screen, and even joked that casting Ben Barnes as The Darkling, aka General Kirigan, was like getting 'a unicorn'. Gushing: ...