History Creator / ShannonHale

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane

** ''The Goose Girl''v(2003): Princess Anidori is traveling from her home kingdom to the kingdom of Bayern to marry the prince and hopefully bring peace to their two nations. Halfway there, she is betrayed by her company as they attempt to murder her and replace her with her lady in waiting, Selia. Ani escapes, but then must make her way to Bayern alone. Fearful of Selia and her guards, who still want her dead, Ani disguises herself as a city worker who tends to the geese as she plots a way to convince the king of her true identity.

* Two Literature/TheUnbeatableSquirrelGirl books with husband Dean Hale:

* Two Literature/SquirrelGirl books with husband Dean Hale:

* Two ComicBook/SquirrelGirl books with husband Dean Hale:

** ''The Goose Girl''. Princess Anidori is traveling from her home kingdom to the kingdom of Bayern to marry the prince and hopefully bring peace to their two nations. Halfway there, she is betrayed by her company as they attempt to murder her and replace her with her lady in waiting, Selia. Ani escapes, but then must make her way to Bayern alone. Fearful of Selia and her guards, who still want her dead, Ani disguises herself as a city worker who tends to the geese as she plots a way to convince the king of her true identity. Three sequels feature the friends Ani meets among the city workers.
** ''Enna Burning''
** ''River Secrets''
** ''Forest Born''

** ''A Wonderlandiful World''.
* Two ComicBook/SquirrelGirl books with Dean Hale:

** ''2 Fuzzy, 2 Furious''.

''Note'': The Books of Bayern now has its own [[Literature/BooksOfBayern separate page]]. Tropes from the series on this page has been moved there.

Some of her works include:
* ''The Goose Girl''. Princess Anidori is traveling from her home kingdom to the kingdom of Bayern to marry the prince and hopefully bring peace to their two nations. Halfway there, she is betrayed by her company as they attempt to murder her and replace her with her lady in waiting, Selia. Ani escapes, but then must make her way to Bayern alone. Fearful of Selia and her guads, who still want her dead, Ani disguises herself as a city worker who tends to the geese as she plots a way to convince the king of her true identity. Three sequels feature the friends Ani meets among the city workers; the series is called Books of Bayern.

* ''Book of a Thousand Days''. Dashti, a maid, is locked up in a windowless tower with her Lady Saren as punishment for Saren's refusal to go through with the marriage her father arranged for her. Saren is betrothed to Lord Khasar, who terrifies her senseless for an unknown reason, but instead wishes to marry the benevolent Khan Tegus. The book is presented as Dashti's diary, documenting her encounters with Khasar and Tegus, her attempts to keep her and Saren alive and sane in the tower, and their adventure thereafter. Relatively short, but absolutely packed with story.
* Three books in the ''Toys/EverAfterHigh'' franchise - ''The Storybook of Legends'', ''The Unfairest of Them All'', and ''A Wonderlandiful World''.
* Two ComicBook/SquirrelGirl books with Dean Hale: ''Squirrel Meets World'' and ''2 Fuzzy, 2 Furious''.

* AlphaBitch: Katar, who at least averts being BookDumb by being Miri's rival for the top grade.
* BrideAndSwitch: Saren convinces Dashti to take her place in ''Book of a Thousand Days''.
* DamselInDistress: Lady Saren will drift into DamselScrappy and TooDumbToLive territory for some readers. Unlike all the other female characters in this series, she is the only one that can't get herself out of trouble.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Nearly all of the girls that Shannon writes get captured or in trouble, and all of them keep their heads and end up rescuing themselves. Except for Saren, as seen above.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Dan]] in ''Princess Academy''

* EverybodysDeadDave: What Dashti finds upon returning to [[spoiler:Titor's Garden]].
* FairyTale:''Book of a Thousand Days'' is based on "Maid Maleen."

* IAmSpartacus: Used in ''Princess Academy'' where all of them claim to be the princess.
* MagicMusic: In ''Book of a Thousand Days''.

* MeaningfulName: Khasar, from a Mongolian root meaning [[spoiler:terrible dog]]. Also used in-universe, as in ''Thousand'' there's a whole naming language. Saren, means 'moon light' and she's a much softer character than the rest.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Miri befriends Knut, the academy cook.
* ParentalAbandonment: Miri, and Dashti.

* PrinceAndPauper: Dashti and Saren
* PrincessForADay: Dashti
* RagsToRoyalty: Both played straight and inverted.

* SavageWolves: In ''Book of a Thousand Days'' there are some ''definitely'' bad wolves.
* SurvivorGuilt: Ani struggles with this after the murders of the men who were loyal to her. Also Talone to some extent, when he thinks Ani is dead.

* AndThenWhat: Batu to Dashti, on her plan to [[spoiler: Defeat Khasar]]

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Some of the books' endings are made of [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming heartwarming]], but only after the protagonists are made to suffer the worst lives ever.

* Three books in the ''Franchise/EverAfterHigh'' franchise - ''The Storybook of Legends'', ''The Unfairest of Them All'', and ''A Wonderlandiful World''.

* Two ''ComicBook/SquirrelGirl'' books with Dean Hale: ''Squirrel Meets World'' and ''2 Fuzzy, 2 Furious''.

Author of mostly young adult fantasy novels, notable for her consistent inclusion of strong female protagonists and unique, subtle magic systems. Her books straddle the line between HighFantasy and [[LowFantasy low]], being small-scale, low magic, and sometimes gritty or violent, but also featuring unambiguously good and evil characters and traditional happy endings. They can be [[SlowPacedBeginning a little slow in the beginning]], but they are [[SoCoolItsAwesome always worth the effort]].

* ''[[Film/AustenLand Austenland]]'' and its sequel, ''Midnight in Austenland''. Now a film starring Keri Russell.

* ''TheActorAndTheHousewife''

''Note'': The Books of Bayern now has it's own [[Literature/BooksOfBayern separate page]]. Tropes from the series on this page has been moved there.

* WorldBuilding: All of Hale's countries are ''very'' lovingly crafted. This results in the above [[GetOnWithItAlready slow-to-start-ness]], but makes it worth your while by being ''fascinating''.
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Author of mostly young adult fantasy novels, notable for her consistent inclusion of strong female protagonists and unique, subtle magic systems. Her books straddle the line between HighFantasy and [[LowFantasy low]], being small-scale, low magic, and sometimes gritty or violent, but also featuring unambiguously good and evil characters and traditional happy endings. They can be [[GetOnWithItAlready a little slow in the beginning]], but they are [[SoCoolItsAwesome always worth the effort]].

* Two books (so far) in the ''Franchise/EverAfterHigh'' franchise - ''The Storybook of Legends'' and ''The Unfairest of Them All.''

* ''The Princess in Black'', written with Dean, illustrated by LeUyen Pham. A perfect little princess in sparkling pink is secretly a costumed vigilante who protects her land from dim-witted, goat-eating monsters.

** ''Dragonfly Sisters'' (2015)

* ''Film/AustenLand'' and its sequel, ''Midnight in Austenland''. Now a film starring Keri Russell.

* ''Film/Austenland'' and its sequel, ''Midnight in Austenland''. Now a film starring Keri Russell.

* ''Austenland'' and its sequel, ''Midnight in Austenland''. Now a film starring Keri Russell.

* ''The Actor and the Housewife''

* ''Rapunzel's Revenge'' and its sequel, ''Calamity Jack'', written with her husband Dean Hale and illustrated by artist Nathan Hale (no relation).