Author Shannon Hale is marking 20 years of publishing, and becoming something like Utah's version of Judy Blume — in her material, her appeal to different demographics, and her talent for sometimes landing in controversy.
Since then, she has written 42 books — children’s picture books, young adult tales, comic-book inspired works, novels for grown-ups and a multipart graphic memoir — aimed at audiences from small children to adults. She has even ventured into movies, partnering with Jerusha Hess to write a script adapting Hale’s comic novelIn those 20 years, Hale has become a household name to readers in Utah and beyond.
Hale, 49, has lived in Utah her entire life, raised in what she calls a “very orthodox LDS household.” She served a mission in Paraguay and was married in the temple. She remained an active member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for more than 40 years. Shannon Hale holds a first edition of “The Goose Girl,” her first published work as an author, at her home in Daybreak on Thursday, Aug. 31, 2023.In two decades, Hale said, her approach to writing has evolved. “I would say every single book I’ve written has had a different process.”
Living her dream, though, “is tempered with the practicality of real life,” Hale said, noting that while being an author, she also is doing laundry and getting her kids to clean up after themselves. “I’ve always been a storyteller, because before I was writing things down, I was making up stories,” Hale said. “I was a chronic daydreamer.”
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