Shannon Hale is the Newbery Honour-winning and New York Times bestselling author of the Princess Academy series; Book of a Thousand Days; The Books of Bayern; Dangerous; and the graphic novels Rapunzel's Revengeand Calamity Jack. 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 at @HaleShannon.

Miri is so happy to be helping her best friend prepare to become a Princess! But not everyone wants to have a king and queen ruling them, and Miri can see both sides of this argument .

In this next Princess Academy story Miri's fairytale world is in turmoil! Can she help make peace and find her own place in it?

Skilled storyteller Shannon Hale continues Miri's compelling story in this beautiful and inspiring sequel.

Palace of Stone ... proves once again that with quick wit and brave words, one person really can change the world.

Powerful and deeply engaging ... Readers who have been waiting since 2005 will find their patience well rewarded.

Hale's skill as a storyteller will charm her audience . nobody else has quite the same knack for seamlessly segueing between the folksy, intimate charm of an extended fairy tale and the larger canvas and more epic scope of high fantasy.

Hale is a master of fantasy ... A gorgeously written sequel.

Shannon Hale's books reignite my love of reading - that joy of having the time of my life with a great story.

Shannon Hale writes deft, lyrical wonderful fantasy