

Shannon Bryner Hale attended the University of Utah. She loved the freedom, and she "loved that it was all up to. Senior year in high school, I was so ready to be done." Though she hadĪlways liked school, she was "a bit apprehensive about starting college." But, it turned out to be "awesome". Hale met her future husband, Dean Hale, at West High as sophomore vice president. SheĬreated new scenes for her drama group, becoming "the go-to person forĬreating new scenes." Hale became immersed in drama, she "thrived onĭiversity" and "was in over a dozen plays at. Herself as "into serious drama then, crying and death and misery". Drama was her favorite subject, and she describes Stopped reading for pleasure, instead reading "boring and quiteĭepressing" classics. Stories, needed books", but fell out of love with reading when she School on the literary magazine staff as Fiction Editor, she "needed lovedĮspecially any creative writing assignments." Hale continued into High

Reading, loved finding hidden meanings in poetry. English was her second favorite subject, because " loved She says, "I did notĭrink alcohol or take drugs or have sex with boyfriends because I chose Interesting people very different from ". Says she had many friends in all the different "groups" at the school,Īnd she "loved getting to know people who'd had very differentīackgrounds than ".

This "ended up being cool" to Hale, as the school High Schoolīryner Hale went to West High School, which "had a reputation for being a Stepping into a new character and becoming that person." She auditionedįor her school plays, but sadly "didn't make the cut". Shannon had an affinity for drama, she "loved making up scenes and

Was part of her school's literary magazine staff, where she met Dean Haleĭescribes her two years of Junior High "sad and thin in memory". Hale went to Bryant Junior High School (now called Salt Lake Center for Science Education - Bryant) for seventh and eighth grade. In fourth grade, and at this age she "declared. She "discovered the magic of writing fiction" Hale started writing at around the age of 10, Sensitive", which she says helps in writing, as she is able to empathize She "took everything to heart, īelieved everyone really hated. She loved school,īut had trouble with friendships. Middle of five children, she went to Wasatch Elementary School and they all fought often. Hale (Shannon Bryner, then) was born into a large family.
