She took a creative writing class and worked as an editor of fiction for her high school's literary magazine. She then attended West High School, where she cultivated passions for English and drama. In junior high, she participated on the school literary magazine. Her elementary school teachers encouraged her creative endeavors, and, in the fourth grade, Hale announced that she wanted to be a writer as an adult. She also began to write fantasy books at age 10, often featuring herself as the protagonist. She enjoyed writing, reading, and acting as a young girl she often created plays that she would act out with friends. She is the middle child of five children she has two older sisters, one younger sister, and one younger brother. Hale was born on January 26, 1974, in Salt Lake City to Wallace and Bonnie Bryner. She has also co-written with her husband, Dean.
She is a graduate of the University of Utah and the University of Montana. Her first novel for adults, Austenland, was adapted into a film in 2013. Shannon and LeUyen plan to keep making books together for many years to come and to stay friends forever.Shannon Hale (née Shannon Bryner born January 26, 1974) is an American author primarily of young adult fantasy, including the Newbery Honor book Princess Academy and The Goose Girl. Her illustrations have won numerous awards, including the prestigious Caldecott Honor for Bear Came Along with Richard Morris. She is also the illustrator of over 100 books for kids, including Vampirina Ballerina by Anne Marie Pace, Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio, and The Boy Who Loved Math by Deborah Heiligman. She is the author/illustrator of the books Big Sister, Little Sister, A Piece of Cake, The Itchy Book, and Outside, Inside. LeUyen lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two sons, a cat, and an orange gecko.
Shannon lives in Utah with her husband, four kids, and two cats where she writes award-winning novels like The Goose Girl, Book of a Thousand Days, Dangerous, and the Newbery Honor winner Princess Academy, and pens other books with her husband Dean, including Diana, Princess of the Amazons (illustrated by Victoria Ying), Rapunzel's Revenge (illustrated by Nathan Hale), and two novels about Marvel's unbeatable Squirrel Girl. They have created three bestselling series together: the graphic novel Friends series, the early chapter book Princess in Black series (with Dean Hale), and the picture book Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn. Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham are best friends who have been publishing books for young readers for two decades.
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