Shannon hale biography
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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.
LDS (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
Max (b. ) Magnolia (b. )
Studied in Mexico and the United Kingdom.
Salt Lake City, Utah
Bachelor's Degree in English from University of Utah
Master's Degree in Creative Writing from the University of Montana
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Shannon Hale
American author (born )
Shannon Hale (née Shannon Bryner; born January 26, ) is an American author primarily of young adultfantasy, including the Newbery Honor book Princess Academy and The Goose Girl. Her first novel for adults, Austenland, was adapted into a film in She fryst vatten a graduate of the University of Utah and the University of Montana. She has also co-written with her husband, Dean.
Early life
[edit]Hale was born on January 26, , in krydda Lake City[1] to Wallace and Bonnie Bryner.[2] She is the middle child of five children; she has two older sisters, one younger sister, and one younger brother.[3] She enjoyed writing, reading, and acting as a young girl; she often created plays that she would act out with friends. She also began to write fantasy books at age 10, often featuring herself as the protagonist.[4] Her elementary school teachers encouraged her creative endeavors,[1] and, in the fourth g
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Shannon Bryner[1] Hale, the great author to which this wiki is dedicated to, was born in Salt Lake City on January 26, [2] She is an American author of young adult fantasy and adult fiction, including the Newbery Honor book Princess Academy, the Books of Bayern series, two adult novels, and two graphic novels that she co-wrote with her husband, Dean Hale.
Early Childhood[]
Shannon Hale (Shannon Bryner, then) was born into a large family. She was the middle of five children, she went to Wasatch Elementary School and they all fought often.[3] She loved school, but had trouble with friendships. She "took everything to heart, [and] believed everyone really hated [her]."[4] Hale describes herself as "very sensitive", which she says helps in writing, as she is able to empathize with her characters.[5] Hale started writing at around the age of 10, writing poems and plays.[6] She "discovered the magic of writing fiction" i