Shannon Hale is the Newbery Honor-winning and 
New York Times bestselling author of the Princess Academy series, The Books of Bayern
, Book of a Thousand Days, 
Dangerous, and the graphic novels 
Rapunzel's Revenge and 
Calamity Jack, as well as the Ever After High and Princess in Black series, and the upcoming 
The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl for Marvel. She also wrote three novels for adults, including 
Austenland, now a major motion picture starring Keri Russell. She and her husband, the author Dean Hale, have four children and live near Salt Lake City, Utah. Visit Shannon online at www.shannonhale.com and on Twitter @HaleShannon.