Anna Sheehan

Anna Sheehan
Born Wisconsin
Occupation Novelist
Nationality American
Genre Young-adult Fiction
Website
annasheehan.com

Anna Sheehan is an American writer and novelist, best known as the author of A Long, Long Sleep.

Biography

Sheehan was born and raised in Wisconsin.[1] Her mother is a veterinarian.[1] In her early years Sheehan was involved with the Young Shakespeare Players of Madison, Wisconsin and historical re-enactment.[1] She began writing as a teenager.[2][3]

Work

One of her short stories, Stay, was published in ''The Pen and the Key: 50th Anniversary Anthology of Pacific Northwest Writers (2005).[4][5] In 2011 Candlewick Press released A Long, Long Sleep in the United States, Sheehan's first published novel.[6] It was subsequently published internationally. The book was partly inspired by the fairy tale Sleeping Beauty, Blake Snyder, and "The Great Wave" by David Hackett Fischer.[2]

In addition to numerous positive reviews, [7] [8] [9] it won the 2012 "Hal Clement" Golden Duck Award for Young Adult literature.[10] According to WorldCat, the book is held in 210 libraries [11]

The sequel to A Long, Long, Sleep entitled No Life but This was published by Gollancz December 18, 2014.

December 10, 2015, Anna Sheehan published her novel Spinning Thorns with Gollancz. It is also based on Sleeping Beauty, but set as a retelling and extension of the story.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Anna Sheehan". Annasheehan.com. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  2. 1 2 Crazy, The (2011-08-16). "Author Spotlight: Anna Sheehan author of A Long, Long Sleep". The Crazy Bookworm. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  3. ↑ http://www.gollancz.co.uk/anna-sheehan/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "74thstreet.com". 74thstreet.com. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  5. ↑ Bookish in a Box (2011-10-19). "Bookish in a Box: Interview with Anna Sheehan, Author of A Long, Long Sleep". Bookishinabox.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  6. ↑ "Candlewick Press - Authors & Illustrators". Candlewick.com. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  7. ↑ "Book Review: A Long Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan". The Book Smugglers. 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  8. ↑ Catherine@thebookparade (2012-07-17). ":) The Book Parade: BOOK REVIEW: A Long, Long Sleep by Anna Sheehan". Thebookparade.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  9. ↑ Bookish in a Box (2011-10-18). "Bookish in a Box: Review of A Long, Long Sleep". Bookishinabox.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2013-03-12.
  10. ↑ "Golden Duck Awards".
  11. ↑ WorldCat item record
  12. ↑ http://www.gollancz.co.uk/tag/spinning-thorns/. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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