Anna Banks

{{short description|American author|bot=PearBOT 5}}

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| birth_place = Niceville, Florida, U.S.

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| occupation = Novelist

| period = 2012–present

| genre = Young adult fantasy

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| website = {{URL|http://byannabanks.blogspot.de/}}

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Anna Banks is an American author, best known for her New York Times best selling Syrena Legacy series. Mad Hatter Entertainment, producer on the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, has acquired movie rights to her Syrena Legacy series.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/film/news/anna-banks-mermaid-tale-syrena-legacy-set-as-movie-franchise-1201189576/|title=Anna Banks' Mermaid Tale 'Syrena Legacy' Set as Movie Franchise|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=22 May 2014|publisher=|access-date=22 July 2017}}