Shannon Bryner was born in Salt Lake City, where she attended West High School. She lives with her husband and their two children in South Jordan, Utah.

She and her husband Dean Hale have also published a graphic novel, Rapunzel's Revenge. Her two adult novels are Austenland and The Actor and the Housewife. Shannon Hale is the author of five award-winning young-adult novels, including the best-selling Newbery Honor book Princess Academy.

Awards-Newberry Award Josette Frank Award.

Education-B.A., University of Utah M.A.

The princess’s maid is a feisty and thoroughly modern heroine, in this wonderfully timeless story. Thrilling, captivating, and a masterful example of storytelling at its best. They were safe in the tower, now they are at the mercy of the evil prince with a terrible secret. Petulant and spoilt, the princess eats the food in their meagre store as if she were still at court, and Dashti soon realises they must either escape or slowly starve.īut during their captivity, resourceful Dashti discovers that there is something far more sinister behind her princess's fears of marrying the prince, and when they do break free from the tower, they find a land laid to waste and the kingdom destroyed. But the princess is not entirely alone-she has her maid, Dashti. She has seven long years of solitude to think about her insolence. When a beautiful princess refuses to marry the prince her father has chosen, her father is furious and locks her in a tower.

Book of a thousand days