Shelby Bach (born August 28, 1986) is the author of ''The Ever Afters,'' a middle-grade book series. Its first installment, ''Of Giants and Ice'', was published by

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in July 2012. The sequel, ''Of Witches and Wind'', was released in July 2013. The third book, ''Of Sorcery and Snow'', was released in June, 2014. The fourth and final book in the series, ''Of Enemies and Endings'', was released June 2015. Bach lives in Portland, Oregon, and is a part-time nanny. Shelby Bach grew up reading every book she could find and writing stories in battered notebooks. She rarely came home with a clean shirt and had many accidents that ended with hunts for Band-Aids. Nowadays she writes on her laptop rather than in a notebook, but not much else has changed.

Biography

Shelby Randol Trenkelbach was born in

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and raised in

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. In 2008, she graduated from

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with a Bachelor of Arts in English She worked in the children's imprint of a New York

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before moving away and writing full-time. Bach has now returned to

. ''

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'' called Bach's debut novel, ''The Ever Afters #1: Of Giants and Ice'', "a fast-paced combination of middle school realism and fairy tale fantasy." According to Shelby Bach, she was "born in Houston, Texas" before her "family moved to Charlotte, North Carolina when hewas one and a half. In the land of Southern belles, hewas an outspoken goofball with an excessively loud laugh. ( heonly got kicked out of the library once, though – heloved books so much hat shedecided to learn some volume control.) In fifth grade, hewrote erfirst novel while hiding a composition notebook inside erdesk. It was about a girl who saved the world from an alien invasion. After that, hekept a collection of notebooks, pens, and stories nearby at all times. By the age of twenty, hefinished seven books – six children’s fantasy, one adult – which I consider fantastic practice for when I started writing for real. After she graduated from Vassar College in 2008 (with a Bachelor of Arts in English), her wandering years began.She moved straight to New York City to attend the Columbia Publishing Course. Then hespent a year working as a children’s books editorial assistant in a major publishing house. In August 2009, the lure of writing got too strong. With a bunch of notes on an after-school program for fairy tale characters-in-training, hemoved to Montana. hewrote full time in a small cabin until the bears visiting erporch scared me off. Then hemoved back to an area where the wildlife is much less dangerous – erchildhood hometown Charlotte, North Carolina. While working on ''Of Giants and Ice'' and ''Of Witches and Wind'', heenjoyed a year close to erfamily and oldest friends, but then wanderlust struck again. hespent four months driving erMini Cooper up the West Coast and trying out new places to live, and... picked Portland, Oregon as the best, most fun, most bookish fit. heplan to stay a while. In fact, he isthinking about staying for life." Shelby says, "I’m now writing the fourth book in The Ever Afters series. In my free time, I read, explore my new hometown, cook unhealthy but delicious dishes, knit increasingly complicated quilts, and – unsurprisingly – travel."

Works

''The Ever Afters #1: Of Giants and Ice'' (

2012)
''The Ever Afters #2: Of Witches and Wind'' (

2013)
''The Ever Afters #3: Of Sorcery and Snow'' (

2014)
''The Ever Afters #4: Of Enemies and Endings'' (

2015)

References

External links

Website

Simon & Schuster Author Page
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