Shannon Hale (born January 26, 1974) is an American author of young adult fantasy and adult fiction.
Shannon Hale is the author of five award-winning young-adult novels, including the best-selling Newbery Honor book Princess Academy. Austenland was her first book for adults. She and her husband are co-writing a series of graphic novels, and live with their two small children in South Jordan, Utah.
Before writing professionally, she wrote while pu...
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Shannon Hale (born January 26, 1974) is an American author of young adult fantasy and adult fiction.
Shannon Hale is the author of five award-winning young-adult novels, including the best-selling Newbery Honor book Princess Academy. Austenland was her first book for adults. She and her husband are co-writing a series of graphic novels, and live with their two small children in South Jordan, Utah.
Before writing professionally, she wrote while pursuing acting in television, stage and improv comedy, as well as studying in Mexico and the UK. She spent a year and a half as an unpaid missionary in Paraguay, then returned to the United States to earn her bachelors degree in English from the University of Utah and a masters in creative writing from the University of Montana.
Her first published book, The Goose Girl, was an American Library Association Top Ten Book for Young Adults and Josette Frank Award winner. Princess Academy is a Newbery Honor Book and a New York Times Best Seller....
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