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I cannot write to anyone outside myself--if I tried, it would be a horrible story, flat and lifeless. I write to myself. That's the only person I'm trying to please.

Shannon Hale

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
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Fantasy Author
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Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
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