Shannon Hale
{{short description|American author (born 1974)}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Shannon Hale
| image = Shannon Hale 2016 (cropped).jpg
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| caption = Hale in 2016
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| birth_name = Shannon Bryner
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|1|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
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| occupation = Novelist
| nationality =
| period = 2003–present
| genre = Young adult, fantasy
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| spouse = Dean Hale
| children = 4
| notableworks = The Goose Girl
Princess Academy
Book of a Thousand Days
Austenland
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| website = {{URL|squeetus.com}}
| alma_mater = University of Utah
| language = English
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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 first novel for adults, Austenland, was adapted into a film in 2013. She is a graduate of the University of Utah and the University of Montana. She has also co-written with her husband, Dean.
Early life
Hale was born on January 26, 1974, in Salt Lake City{{Cite book|last1=Black|first1=Susan Easton|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UJwzrgEACAAJ|title=Women of Character|last2=Woodger|first2=Mary Jane|publisher=Covenant Communications|year=2011|isbn=9781680470185|location=American Fork, UT|pages=120–123|access-date=May 26, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230127102703/https://books.google.com/books?id=UJwzrgEACAAJ|url-status=live}} to Wallace and Bonnie Bryner.{{cite web |url= http://ucwi.org/profileshannonh.htm |title= Author Profile – Shannon Hale |access-date= July 10, 2007 |work= Utah Children's Writers and Illustrators Newsletter |publisher= Utah Children's Writers and Illustrators |archive-date= April 20, 2016 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160420074543/http://www.ucwi.org/profileshannonh.htm |url-status= dead }} She is the middle child of five children; she has two older sisters, one younger sister, and one younger brother.{{Cite web|title=A video interview with Shannon Hale {{!}} AdLit.org|url=http://www.adlit.org/authors/Hale/33986/|access-date=2020-07-27|website=www.adlit.org|archive-date=August 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809203849/http://www.adlit.org/authors/hale/33986/|url-status=live}} She enjoyed writing, reading, and acting as a young girl; she often created plays that she would act out with friends. She also began to write fantasy books at age 10, often featuring herself as the protagonist.{{Cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/|title=Shannon Hale {{!}} Authors {{!}} Macmillan|website=US Macmillan|language=en-US|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=April 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190426041628/https://us.macmillan.com/author/|url-status=live}} 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. In junior high, she participated on the school literary magazine. She then attended West High School, where she cultivated passions for English and drama. She took a creative writing class and worked as an editor of fiction for her high school's literary magazine. She participated in both school and community theater productions, including The Secret Garden. Hale also took part in drama competitions and traveled throughout Utah and the U.S. with an improvisational theater group whose productions highlighted a range of teen issues. She met her spouse, Dean Hale, freshman year at West High School;{{Cite web|title=Utah writer Shannon Hale returns to 'Princess Academy'|url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=54665605&itype=CMSID|access-date=2020-07-08|website=The Salt Lake Tribune|language=en-US|archive-date=July 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708185256/https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=54665605&itype=CMSID|url-status=live}} he was also involved in theater.{{Cite web|title=The Official Site of Shannon Hale|url=http://www.squeetus.com/stage/shannon_longbio.html|url-status=dead|access-date=May 3, 2016|website=www.squeetus.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160604002750/http://www.squeetus.com/stage/shannon_longbio.html|archive-date=June 4, 2016}} Hale has said that her theater experience has improved her writing skills, particularly in character creation and world building.
She attended the University of Utah, initially majoring in both English and Theater before deciding solely to pursue the former. She served as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Paraguay for 18 months before graduating with a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Utah in 1998.{{cite web |url= http://www.alumni.utah.edu/u-news/april06/postits.htm |title= Alumni Post-it Notes |access-date= July 10, 2007 |date= April 2006 |work= U-News & Views |publisher= University of Utah Alumni Association |archive-date= September 8, 2006 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060908012008/https://www.alumni.utah.edu/u-news/april06/postits.htm |url-status= dead }} She later earned a master's degree in Creative Writing from the University of Montana.{{Cite web|url=https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/people/shannon-hale/|title=Shannon Hale {{!}} Mormon Literature & Creative Arts Database {{!}} HBLL|website=mormonarts.lib.byu.edu|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=April 18, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418212826/https://mormonarts.lib.byu.edu/people/shannon-hale/|url-status=live}} While studying at the University of Montana, Hale wrote 100 short stories and submitted many for publication, but none were accepted.
Writing
Hale began writing The Goose Girl while in her graduate writing program, and worked on her drafts of it during her lunch break while working at her instructional design job. She originally planned to work in literary fiction, publishing short stories and teaching English, before writing young adult and children's books.{{Cite journal|last=Blasingame|first=James|date=Mar 2010|title=Interview with Shannon Hale about "Rapunzel's Revenge"|journal=Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy|volume=53|issue=6|pages=518–520|jstor=25614598}} The Goose Girl became her first published novel after being met with nine rejections;{{Cite news|last=Rollins|first=Jenny|title=Shannon Hale's 'The Goose Girl' turns 15|date=August 3, 2018|work=Deseret News|id={{ProQuest|2082278909}}}} Hale received an offer in 2003 from Bloomsbury Publishing.{{cite news|last=Walquist|first=Tammy|url=http://www.deseretmorningnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,680195114,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120724150619/http://www.deseretmorningnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,680195114,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 24, 2012|title=Author's tales: Writers recount struggle to get published|date=July 6, 2007|work=Deseret Morning News|access-date=July 10, 2007}} She based the book on her favorite fairy tale of the same name.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/resources/talking_with_shannon_hale|title=Talking with Shannon Hale|last1=Ward|first1=Barbara A.|last2=Young|first2=Terrell A.|date=June 4, 2008|website=American Library Association|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605083354/http://www.ala.org/aboutala/offices/resources/talking_with_shannon_hale|archive-date=June 5, 2020|access-date=April 9, 2020}} It was named an ALA Teens' Top Ten and became the first of many novels in Hale's Books of Bayern series. The Goose Girl also won the 2004 Josette Frank Award for fiction{{cite web |title=Past Award Winners (1943–2006) |url=http://www.bankstreet.edu/bookcom/past_winners.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091202181222/http://www.bankstreet.edu/bookcom/past_winners.html |archive-date=December 2, 2009 |access-date=February 14, 2008 |publisher=The Children's Book Committee Bank Street College of Education}} and was reprinted by Bloomsbury in 2017.{{Cite book|last=Hale|first=Shannon|title=The goose girl|date=2017|isbn=978-1-68119-316-8|language=English|oclc=1038725011}} Hundreds of thousands of copies of the novel have been printed in a total of fifteen languages. The other Books of Bayern include Enna Burning, River Secrets, and Forest Born.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Books of Bayern|url=https://www.kidsbookseries.com/books-of-bayern/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711005338/https://www.kidsbookseries.com/books-of-bayern/|archive-date=July 11, 2020|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Kids Book Series}}
Her novel Princess Academy was featured on The New York Times Best Seller list, as well as that of Book Sense and Publishers Weekly. It also received a Newbery Honor. Hale said that receiving the award was an "unexpected gift" that has profoundly affected her career.{{cite web |last1=Brady |first1=Meagan |title=Shannon Hale |url=https://mormonartist.net/interviews/shannon-hale/ |website=mormonartist.net |publisher=Mormon Artist |date=February 2014 |access-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823164035/https://mormonartist.net/interviews/shannon-hale/ |url-status=live }} After the positive response from readers and reviewers alike to Princess Academy, Hale wrote its sequel, Princess Academy: Palace of Stone.{{Cite web|last=Rappleye|first=Christine|date=2012-08-17|title=Shannon Hale's 'secret' project yields 'Palace of Stone'|url=https://www.deseret.com/2012/8/17/20505662/shannon-hale-s-secret-project-yields-palace-of-stone|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Deseret News|language=en|archive-date=July 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710214722/https://www.deseret.com/2012/8/17/20505662/shannon-hale-s-secret-project-yields-palace-of-stone|url-status=live}} In 2015 she continued the story with a third installment, Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters. Hale has remarked that the series is "a love letter to education."{{Cite web|last=Rappleye|first=Christine|date=2015-02-24|title=Shannon Hale shares lessons learned along the way to publishing third Princess Academy book|url=https://www.deseret.com/2015/2/24/20559370/shannon-hale-shares-lessons-learned-along-the-way-to-publishing-third-princess-academy-book|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Deseret News|language=en|archive-date=July 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200708192656/https://www.deseret.com/2015/2/24/20559370/shannon-hale-shares-lessons-learned-along-the-way-to-publishing-third-princess-academy-book|url-status=live}}
Her first adult novel, Austenland, was also featured by Book Sense. Hale and screenwriter Jerusha Hess then wrote the screenplay for a film adaptation of Austenland, released in 2013 at the Sundance Film Festival. It was then bought by Sony Pictures for $4 million.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-prj-0825-austenland-20130823-story.html|title=Shannon Hale on turning her novel 'Austenland' into a movie|last=Schoenberg|first=Nara|date=August 23, 2013|website=chicagotribune.com|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204092938/https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-prj-0825-austenland-20130823-story.html|archive-date=December 4, 2020|access-date=April 9, 2020}} Twilight author Stephenie Meyer produced the film and Keri Russell starred as protagonist Jane Hayes.{{Cite web|url=https://collider.com/keri-russell-stephenie-meyer-austenland-interview/|title=Keri Russell and Producer Stephenie Meyer Talk AUSTENLAND and the Lasting Appeal of Jane Austen Stories|last=Radish|first=Christina|date=August 13, 2013|website=Collider|language=en-US|access-date=April 9, 2020|archive-date=January 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105150225/https://collider.com/keri-russell-stephenie-meyer-austenland-interview/|url-status=live}} In 2012 Hale released a sequel novel, Midnight in Austenland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/midnight-in-austenland-9781596912892/|title=Midnight in Austenland|last=Bloomsbury.com|website=Bloomsbury Publishing|language=en|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=December 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207071518/https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/midnight-in-austenland-9781596912892/|url-status=live}} Another adult novel, The Actor and the Housewife, was published in 2009{{Cite book|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/shannon-hale/the-actor-and-the-housewife/|title=THE ACTOR AND THE HOUSEWIFE {{!}} Kirkus Reviews|language=en|access-date=April 8, 2020|archive-date=October 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022041625/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/shannon-hale/the-actor-and-the-housewife/|url-status=live}} and was named "the City Weekly readers' choice winner for best novel of the year." Hale has kept numerous rejection letters she has received from publishers, and has compiled them into one 60 foot long scroll.
In 2017, Hale released a graphic memoir titled Real Friends, chronicling her struggles in grade school. It was illustrated by LeUyen Pham.{{Cite news |last=Messner |first=Kate |date=May 12, 2017 |title=The Perils of Social Life Begin in Kindergarten |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/books/review/real-friends-memoir-shannon-hale.html |access-date=April 9, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200312032841/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/12/books/review/real-friends-memoir-shannon-hale.html |url-status=live }} Its sequel, Best Friends, appeared on The New York Times Best Seller list for graphic books and manga in April 2020.{{Cite news |title=Graphic Books and Manga – Best Sellers – The New York Times |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/graphic-books-and-manga/ |access-date=April 9, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=November 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106213051/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/graphic-books-and-manga/ |url-status=live }} In 2018, her Princess in Black series—which she wrote with her husband, Dean Hale—made The New York Times Best Seller list for children's series.{{Cite news |title=Children's Series Books – Best Sellers – May 27, 2018 – The New York Times |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2018/05/27/series-books/ |access-date=April 9, 2020 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=May 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190511210521/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2018/05/27/series-books/ |url-status=live }} The two also co-wrote the graphic novel Rapunzel's Revenge, as well as two young adult novels for the Marvel superheroes Squirrel Girl and Captain Marvel.{{Cite news |last=Mcfall |first=Michael |date=November 4, 2015 |title=Utah authors Shannon Hale, Dean Hale to write Marvel's Squirrel Girl novel |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |id={{ProQuest|1730280953}}}} Hale ventured further into science fiction with her own YA superhero novel, Dangerous, in 2014.{{Cite news |last=Reese |first=Catherine |date=March 10, 2014 |title=Shannon Hale dishes on her 'Dangerous' new novel |work=The Salt Lake Tribune |id={{ProQuest|1505364179}}}}
Other work
Before becoming a full-time author, Hale participated in stage and improvisational comedy, studied in Mexico and the United Kingdom, and worked as an instructional designer.
She is an advocate for gender equality; she has noticed how her books are marketed only to girls, despite positive reception from both genders.{{Cite web|url=https://www.writermag.com/improve-your-writing/writing-for-young-readers/shannon-hale-interview/|title=Shannon Hale interview: Girl (and boy) power|website=The Writer|date=January 31, 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=March 27, 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327032959/https://www.writermag.com/improve-your-writing/writing-for-young-readers/shannon-hale-interview/|url-status=live}} She has written a few articles about this subject.{{Cite web|url=https://www.squeetus.com/genderread.html|title=Gender and reading|website=squeetus|access-date=March 27, 2020|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322122718/https://www.squeetus.com/genderread.html|url-status=live}}File:Shannon and Dean Hale 2016.jpg
Personal life
Hale is married to Dean C. Hale, with whom she has co-authored the Eisner-nominee graphic novels Rapunzel's Revenge and Calamity Jack, as well as The Princess in Black series and The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl series.{{cite news |last= Lythgoe |first= Dennis |date= July 8, 2007 |title= Life is hectic for novelist |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/680196942/Life-is-hectic-for-novelist.html |work= Deseret News |access-date= April 25, 2014 |archive-date= April 26, 2014 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140426202113/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/680196942/Life-is-hectic-for-novelist.html |url-status= dead }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.shannonhale.com/biography.html|title=Biography|website=Shannon Hale|access-date=July 6, 2019|archive-date=March 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190322122706/https://www.shannonhale.com/biography.html|url-status=live}}
She is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).{{cite news |last= Lehnardt |first= Michelle |date= June 13, 2009 |title= Writer's challenge: infusing religion |url= http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705381143/Writers-challenge-infusing-religion.html?pg=all |newspaper= Deseret News |access-date= April 25, 2014 |archive-date= March 22, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190322124231/https://www.deseretnews.com/article/705381143/Writers-challenge-infusing-religion.html?pg=all |url-status= dead }} She stopped attending the LDS church in 2021, having disagreed with her community's apparent tolerance of misogyny and intolerance of LGBTQ people, but she still considers herself a Mormon.{{cite news |last=Butler |first=Kiera |title=Are You There, God? It's Me, Shannon Hale. |work=Mother Jones |url= https://www.motherjones.com/media/2023/07/are-you-there-god-its-me-shannon-hale/ |access-date=July 22, 2023 |date=July 13, 2023|language=en }} In a 2014 interview, Hale said that she doesn't "consciously make storytelling choices based on the [LDS] Church." In writing her graphic novel memoirs of her childhood, Hale decided to include visual references to her religious upbringing, like her family attending church. Despite being asked to remove the references (due to worries that it might affect sales), Hale decided to retain them, stating that "to erase [them] felt like a lie."{{cite news |last1=Bulsiewicz |first1=Michelle Garrett |title='To erase it felt like a lie': Utah author Shannon Hale on including her religion in graphic novel series |url=https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2019/10/4/20887485/utah-author-shannon-hale-best-friends-mormon-lds-real-friends |access-date=23 August 2022 |work=Deseret News |date=4 October 2019 |language=en |archive-date=August 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220823164040/https://www.deseret.com/entertainment/2019/10/4/20887485/utah-author-shannon-hale-best-friends-mormon-lds-real-friends |url-status=live }}
She is the mother of four children: Max, Magnolia, and twin girls Dinah and Wren. Hale has noted that her children give her new ideas for books "probably every day."
Awards and honors
The Princess in Black was a New York Times bestseller, and Kirkus Reviews named it one of the best books of 2014.{{Cite web |date=2014-07-29 |title=The Princess in Black |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/shannon-hale/the-princess-in-black/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=October 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211027045915/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/shannon-hale/the-princess-in-black/ |url-status=live }}
In February 2016, Hale was a Literary Guest of Honor and Keynote Speaker at the 34th annual Life, the Universe, & Everything professional science fiction and fantasy arts symposium.{{cite web |date=February 1, 2016 |title=Life, the Universe, & Everything 34: The Marion K. "Doc" Smith Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy |url=http://ltue.info/progbookpdfs/LTUEProgramBook2016.pdf |publisher=LTUE Press |access-date=September 14, 2021 |archive-date=September 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913233552/http://ltue.info/progbookpdfs/LTUEProgramBook2016.pdf |url-status=live }}
In 2017, Real Friends landed on Booklist
Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn was a New York Times and IndieBound bestseller.{{Cite web |date=2021-01-27 |title=itty-Bitty Kitty Corn |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/shannon-hale/itty-bitty-kitty-corn/ |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Kirkus Reviews |archive-date=December 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202055919/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/shannon-hale/itty-bitty-kitty-corn/ |url-status=live }}
Publications
= ''The Books of Bayern'' series =
- The Goose Girl (2003), {{ISBN|1-58234-843-X}}
- Enna Burning (2004), {{ISBN|1-58234-889-8}}
- River Secrets (2006), {{ISBN|1-58234-901-0}}
- Forest Born (2009), {{ISBN|1-59990-167-6}}
= ''Princess Academy'' series =
- Princess Academy (2005), {{ISBN|1-58234-993-2}} – adapted to a musical produced by Kensington Theatre in December 2016{{Cite web|url=https://kensingtontheatre.org/2016/11/princess-academy/|title=Princess Academy|date=November 28, 2016|website=Kensington Theatre|language=en-US|access-date=March 27, 2020|archive-date=March 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200327040722/https://kensingtontheatre.org/2016/11/princess-academy/|url-status=live}}
- Princess Academy: Palace of Stone (2012), {{ISBN|1-59990-873-5}}
- Princess Academy: The Forgotten Sisters (2015), {{ISBN|978-1-61963-485-5}}
= ''Austenland'' series =
- Austenland (2007), {{ISBN|1-59691-285-5}} – premiered as a movie in January 2013
- Midnight in Austenland (2012), {{ISBN|1-60819-625-9}}
= ''Rapunzel's Revenge'' series =
The Rapunzel's Revenge series is co-authored with Dean Hale and illustrated by Nathan Hale (no relation).
- Rapunzel's Revenge (2008), {{ISBN|1-59990-288-5}}
- Calamity Jack (2010), {{ISBN|978-1-59990-076-6}}
= ''Ever After High'' series =
- Ever After High: The Storybook of Legends (2013), {{ISBN|0-31640-122-6}}
- Ever After High: The Unfairest of Them All (2014), {{ISBN|0-31628-201-4}}
- Ever After High: A Wonderlandiful World (2014), {{ISBN|0-31628-209-X}}
- Once Upon a Time: A Story Collection (2014), {{ISBN|0-31625-821-0}}
- Monster High/Ever After High: The Legend of Shadow High (2017), {{ISBN|0-31635-282-9}}
= ''Princess in Black'' series =
The Princess in Black series is co-authored with Dean Hale and illustrated by LeUyen Pham.
- The Princess in Black (2014), {{ISBN|978-0-7636-6510-4}}
- The Perfect Princess Party (2015), {{ISBN|978-0-7636-6511-1}}
- The Hungry Bunny Horde (2016), {{ISBN|978-0-7636-6513-5}}
- Takes a Vacation (2016), {{ISBN|978-0-7636-6512-8}}
- The Mysterious Playdate (2017), {{ISBN|978-0-7636-8826-4 }}
- The Science Fair Scare (2018), {{ISBN|978-0-7636-8827-1}}
- The Bathtime Battle (2020), {{ISBN|978-1-5362-1575-5}}
- The Giant Problem (2020), {{ISBN|978-1-5362-0222-9}}
- [https://www.princessinblack.com/download/pib-coronavirus.pdf The Case of the Coronavirus] (2020), digital booklet
- The Mermaid Princess (2021), {{ISBN|978-1-5362-0977-8}}
- The Prince in Pink (2023), {{ISBN|978-1-5362-0978-5}}
- The Kitty Catastrophe (2024), {{ISBN|978-1-5362-3409-1}}
= ''The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl'' series =
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl series is co-authored with Dean Hale.
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World (2017), {{ISBN|978-1484781548}}
- The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: 2 Fuzzy, 2 Furious (2018), {{ISBN|978-1368011266}}
= ''Real Friends'' series =
The Real Friends series graphic memoirs are illustrated by LeUyen Pham.
- Real Friends (2017), {{ISBN|9781626724167}}
- Best Friends (2019), {{ISBN|9781250317452}}
- Friends Forever (2021), {{ISBN|9781250317568}}
= Standalone novels =
- Book of a Thousand Days (2007), {{ISBN|1-59990-051-3}}
- The Actor and the Housewife (2009), {{ISBN|1-59691-288-X}}
- Dangerous (2014), {{ISBN|1-59990-168-4}}
- Kind of a Big Deal (2020), {{ISBN|9781250206237}}
= Short stories =
- "Bouncing the Grinning Goat" from Guys Read: Other Worlds (2013)
= ''Diana: Princess of the Amazons'' series =
The Diana series is co-authored with Dean Hale and illustrated by Victoria Ying.
- Diana: Princess of the Amazons (2020) {{ISBN|9781401291112|}}
= ''Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn'' series =
The Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn picture books are illustrated by LeUyen Pham.
- Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn (2021), {{ISBN|978-1-4197-5091-5}}
- Pretty Perfect Kitty-Corn (2022), {{ISBN|978-1-4197-5093-9}}
- Party Hearty Kitty-Corn (2023), {{ISBN|978-1-4197-5095-3}}
= Articles =
- [https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/parents-and-teachers-please-stop-discouraging-boys-from-reading-books-about-girls/2018/10/09/f3eaaca6-c820-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html What are we teaching boys when we discourage them from reading books about girls?] for The Washington Post
= Other =
- Spirit Animals Book 4: Fire and Ice (2014) {{ISBN|978-0545522465|}}
References
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External links
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- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070106045052/http://www.littleredreadinghood.com/ Little Red Reading Hood] (fan site)
- [http://misserinmarie.blogspot.com/2007/11/wbbt-interview-shannon-hale.html Interview by Miss Erin]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080613195105/http://rettstatt.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/yauthor-to-yauthor-interview-with-shannon-hale/ Interview by Chris Rettstatt]
- [http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/interviews/article/65645-q-a-with-shannon-hale.html Q&A with Shannon Hale] interview at Publishers Weekly
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- {{LCAuth|n2002045720|Shannon Hale|21|}}
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