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Shannon Hale


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Shannon Hale started writing books at age ten and never stopped, eventually earning an MFA in Creative Writing. After nineteen years of writing and dozens of rejections, she published her first book, The Goose Girl, an ALA Teens' Top Ten. Enna Burning and River Secrets are companion books to Goose. Princess Academy is a Newbery Honor Book and New York Times best seller. Austenland, her first book for adults, is a Book Sense pick. She and her husband are co-writing a series of graphic novles for kids. They reside in Salt Lake City with their toddler son, baby daughter, and their pet, a small, plastic pig.
 

Genres: Children's Fiction, Young Adult Fantasy, Romance
 
New and upcoming books
Series
Books of Bayern
   1. The Goose Girl (2003)
   2. Enna Burning (2004)
   3. River Secrets (2006)
   4. Forest Born (2009)
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Princess Academy
   1. Princess Academy (2005)
   2. Palace of Stone (2012)
   3. The Forgotten Sisters (2015)
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Austenland
   1. Austenland (2007)
   2. Midnight in Austenland (2012)
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Princess in Black (with Dean Hale)
   1. The Princess in Black (2014)
   2. The Perfect Princess Party (2015)
   3. The Hungry Bunny Horde (2016)
   4. Takes a Vacation (2016)
     aka Takes a Holiday
   5. The Mysterious Playdate (2017)
   6. The Science Fair Scare (2018)
   7. The Bathtime Battle (2019)
   The Case of the Coronavirus (2020)
   8. The Giant Problem (2020)
   9. The Mermaid Princess (2022)
   10. The Prince in Pink (2023)
   The Kitty Catastrophe (2024)
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Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (with Dean Hale)
   1. Squirrel Meets World (2017)
   2. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl (2018)
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Friends (with LeUyen Pham)
   1. Real Friends (2017)
   2. Best Friends (2019)
   3. Friends Forever (2021)
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Princess of the Amazons (with Dean Hale)
   Diana (2020)
   Diana and Nubia (2022)
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Novels
   Book of a Thousand Days (2007)
   The Actor and the Housewife (2009)
   Dangerous (2014)
   Kind of a Big Deal (2020)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Series contributed to
Ever After High
   1. The Storybook of Legends (2013)
   2. The Unfairest of Them All (2014)
   3. A Wonderlandiful World (2014)
   Once Upon a Time: (2014)
   The Legend of Shadow High (2017) (with Dean Hale)
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Picture Books show
 
Graphic Novels show
 
Shannon Hale recommends
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Mighty Jack and the Goblin King (2017)
(Mighty Jack, book 2)
Ben Hatke
"A fantastic new take on a classic fairy tale!."

Anthologies containing stories by Shannon Hale
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The Gruff Variations (2012)
Writing for Charity Anthology, Vol. 1
edited by
Eric James Stone
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First Kiss (Then Tell) (2007)
A Collection of True Lip-Locked Moments
edited by
Cylin Busby

Awards
Newbery Medal Best Novel nominee (2006) : Princess Academy
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2010) : Enna Burning
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2010) : Forest Born
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2010) : The Goose Girl
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Children/Young Adult Fiction nominee (2010) : River Secrets


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