Shannon Hale

BIO

Shannon's mother says she was a storyteller from birth, jabbering endlessly in nonsensical baby-talk. Once she could speak, she made up stories and bribed younger siblings to perform them in mini-plays until, thankfully, an elementary school teacher introduced her to the wonder of written fiction.

At the age of 10, she began to write books, mostly fantasy stories where she was the heroine. She continued to write secretly for years while pursuing acting in television, stage, and improvised comedy. After detours studying in Mexico, the UK, and a year and a half as an unpaid missionary in Paraguay, Shannon earned a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Utah. She was finally forced out of the writers' closet when she received her Masters in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. Currently Shannon and her husband live in Salt Lake City, Utah where she is working on a second Bayern book.

THE GOOSE GIRL, Shannon Hale's powerful debut in the world of children's fiction, has been chosen by the New York Public Library for their annual 100 Titles for Reading and Sharing list of children's books.

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