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. Her mother is a veterinarian. In her early years Sheehan was involved with the Young Shakespeare Players of

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and historical re-enactment. She began writing as a teenager.

Work

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

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. In addition to numerous positive reviews, it won the 2012 "Hal Clement"

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for Young Adult literature. According to WorldCat, the book is held in 210 libraries The sequel to ''A Long, Long, Sleep'' entitled ''No Life but This'' was published by

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December 18, 2014. December 10, 2015, Anna Sheehan published her novel ''Spinning Thorns'' with

. It is also based on Sleeping Beauty, but set as a retelling and extension of the story.

References

External links

Anna Sheehan Blog
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