Shannon Hale

Shannon Hale is an American author who writes primarily young adult fantasy. Her Newbery Honor book Princess Academy and The Goose Girl, the first of the Books of Bayern, anchor much of her work, and that series continues through Enna Burning, River Secrets and Forest Born. Her first adult novel, Austenland, was adapted into a film in 2013. Hale has also co-written books with her husband, Dean, and studied at the University of Utah and the University of Montana.