Erin Morgenstern

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Erin Morgenstern
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Morgenstern at the 2011 Texas Book Festival
Born (1978-07-08) July 8, 1978 (age 45) [1]
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAmerican
Education Smith College (BA)
GenreFantasy
Notable works The Night Circus
Notable awardsLocus Award for Best First Novel
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Website
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Erin Morgenstern (born July 8, 1978) is an American multimedia artist and the author of two fantasy novels. The Night Circus (2011) was published in more than a dozen languages by 2013 [2] and won the annual Locus Award for Best First Novel. She is a 2012 recipient of an Alex Award. Her second book, The Starless Sea , was published in 2019.

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Life

Erin Morgenstern was raised in Marshfield, Massachusetts and studied theater and studio art at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, graduating in 2000. [3] [4] In addition to writing, she paints, mostly in acrylics, including the Phantomwise tarot deck. [5] [6] She signed with Inkwell Management in May 2010 after being rejected by thirty literary agents, and sold her debut novel to Doubleday in September 2010; The Night Circus was published in September 2011. [4] [6] [7] She has participated in National Novel Writing Month since 2003, and first wrote about what would become The Night Circus in November 2005. [6] [7] Morgenstern has since moved to New York City.

The Night Circus

Morgenstern's debut novel, The Night Circus , was published in September 2011. It is a phantasmagorical fairy tale of magic and romance set in an ahistorical late 19th century London. The book has drawn comparison with the Harry Potter series, as well as the works of Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, Susanna Clarke, and Steven Millhauser; [6] [8] [9] [10] it is not aimed at young adults, but has been recommended for teens. [6] [11] The first printing runs to 175,000, and the rights have been sold in 30 countries; Summit Entertainment has contracted the film rights. [3] [9] Jim Dale, who narrates the American edition Harry Potter audiobooks, also narrates the audiobook of The Night Circus. [11] Harvill Secker, the UK publisher for The Night Circus, contracted Failbetter Games to create an interactive browser-based puzzle game to accompany the book. [12] [13]

In an interview with the School Library Journal, Morgenstern describes the short, self-contained chapters as reflecting the myriad tents of the circus, and the black and white with a splash of red motif as showing dangerous passion simmering just below the surface. [11]

The Night Circus won an Alex Award from the American Library Association, [14] the 2012 Locus Award for Best First Novel, [15] was nominated for the 2011 Goodreads Fantasy Award, [16] and spent seven weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list. [17]

The Starless Sea

On November 8, 2018, it was announced that Doubleday would publish a new novel by Morgenstern titled The Starless Sea. Entertainment Weekly described The Starless Sea as a "sweeping new novel interweaving romantic and fantastical elements." [18] The book was released on November 5, 2019.

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References

  1. ↑ Morgenstern, Erin. "not really a FAQ". Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Morgenstern, Erin". WorldCat. Retrieved 2014-07-27.
  3. 1 2 Leavitt, Caroline (2011-09-13). "Her life just became a three-ring circus: With major buzz and a movie deal, Erin Morgenstern's debut fantasy novel has already cast a spell". Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  4. 1 2 Morgenstern, Erin. "About Erin Morgenstern" . Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  5. ↑ Morgenstern, Erin. "Phantomwise Tarot" . Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Peabody, Richard. "The Night Circus review". The Washington Independent Review of Books.
  7. 1 2 "First Fiction 2011: Erin Morgenstern: High-Wire Act". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  8. ↑ Miller, Laura. ""The Night Circus": Magician vs. Magician". Salon. Archived from the original on 2012-04-25. Retrieved 2011-10-05.
  9. 1 2 Behe, Rege (2011-09-18). "Erin Morgenstern's debut 'The Night Circus' draws comparisons to 'Potter'". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. Archived from the original on 2013-01-31. Retrieved 2011-10-04.
  10. ↑ Charles, Ron (2011-09-13). "Erin Morgenstern's "The Night Circus" reviewed by Ron Charles". The Washington Post .
  11. 1 2 3 Carstensen, Angela. "The Debut: Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus (interview)". School Library Journal.
  12. ↑ O'Hara, Jan (9 September 2011). "Author Interview at Writer Unboxed (Part II)". Writer Unboxed.
  13. ↑ The Night Circus Archived 2011-09-25 at the Wayback Machine interactive browser-based game
  14. ↑ "YALSA's Alex Awards. 2012 Winners" . Retrieved 2012-01-29.
  15. ↑ "Locus Online News » 2012 Locus Awards Winners". Locus Publications. 2015-05-05. Archived from the original on 2012-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  16. ↑ "Best Fantasy". Goodreads. Goodreads Inc. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  17. ↑ "Erin Morgenstern - Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau". Penguin Random House . Retrieved 2015-06-21.
  18. ↑ "The Starless Sea: Erin Morgenstern sets sweeping new novel for 2019". Entertainment Weekly .
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