Anna Sheehan

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http://annasheehan.com/

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Young Adult, Romance

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To tell of myself:

As Walt Whitman said, "I am large, I contain multitudes!" The epigraph of every writer, really.

I was conceived in northern Alaska, and was born to a bohemian veterinarian mother in a hospital on the shores of Lake Michigan. I endured numerous hellish years of school, and I can say with reasonable veracity that I have forgiven all my teachers and even the poor children who had to figure out how to deal with me.

Instead of a social life, I swam in books. I became a devoted follower of Diana Wynne Jones and Douglas Adams. I studied acting and Shakespeare with the Young Shakespeare Players of Madison, Wisconsin, and it deeply impacted my direction in life. I then discovered historical re-enactment, where I hung about in velvet,...more

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Anna Sheehan's Books

Average rating: 3.86 · 2,829 ratings · 726 reviews · 2 distinct works · Similar authors

	A Long, Long Sleep 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 2,819 ratings — published 2011 — 20 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Life But This 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — expected publication 2014	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Anna Sheehan

“I didn't want the sun to rise. I didn't want the world to continue turning. I wanted the whole planet put into stasis until I could catch up.”
― Anna Sheehan, A Long, Long Sleep

tags: stasis, truth, world

43 people liked it

“I am free. I am haunted. But if nothing else, I am wide awake.”
― Anna Sheehan, A Long, Long Sleep

tags: rose-fitzroy

43 people liked it

“I haven't finished revisiting Sleeping Beauty. As a faerie tale, that one is rife with inherent difficulties. After all, the world doesn't stop just because one person is asleep.”
― Anna Sheehan, A Long, Long Sleep

tags: fairy-tales, legends, sleeping-beauty, young-adult

28 people liked it

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