Main genre: Young Adult, Literature, Comics & Graphic Novels, Fiction
Main audience: Young Adult on
presenting writing still: yes
main books: Princess Adademy, Book of a Thousand Days, Books of Bayern (series), and more
Short summary of the author: Shannon Hale has a pronounced ability to take a story, well-known or not, turn it on its ear and/or sideways and make a complete new story out of it. She writes in a lyrical fashion which somehow swoops the reader into her story, into her world, and makes it completely real and lucid.
If you are not into 'fairy tales', if you are not into retellings of old folk tales, don't read the Young Adult books. However, if you like books with a richness and depth to them, a depth which is quite remarkable, you won't care if the story seems familiar because it is brand new and wonderful.
Goodreads write-up:
Shannon Hale is the New York Times best-selling author of six young adult novels: the Newbery Honor book Princess Academy, multiple award winner Book of a Thousand Days, and the highly acclaimed Books of Bayern series. She has written three books for adults, including the upcoming Midnight in Austenland (Jan. 2012), companion book to Austenland. She co-wrote the hit graphic novel Rapunzel's Revenge and its sequel Calamity Jack with husband Dean Hale. They live near Salt Lake City, Utah with their four small children, and their pet, a small, plastic pig.