The series tells the story of Sophie Foster, a twelve-year-old high school senior with the ability to read minds. The seventh book in the series, Flashback, had the first printing of 150,000 copies, and Messenger's three-week tour to promote the book drew crowds of 200–700 people per event. The first book in the series was an Association for Library Service to Children tween recommended read in 2013. Keeper of the Lost Cities is an upper- middle-grade fantasy series that has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list. On March 1, 2023, she posted news of pregnancy with a daughter on her Instagram.īibliography Keeper of the Lost Cities On May 3, 2021, she announced that she had a son. Messenger was divorced in November 2018, but still goes by Shannon Messenger, as she started the series with that name. She graduated from the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. Shannon Messenger was born in Southern California. Her books have been published by Simon & Schuster. She also wrote the young-adult Sky Fall series. She writes the middle-grade series Keeper of the Lost Cities, which was a New York Times bestseller Unlocked, book 8.5 in the series, reached number 8 on USA Today's list in 2020. Keeper of the Lost Cities series, Sky Fall series Messenger at Arizona State University Young Adult Authors Panel in 2016

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