Background
Erin Morgenstern was born on July 8, 1978, in Marshfield, Massachusetts, United States. Her mother was a librarian so Erin read a lot in her childhood.
2011
Erin Morgenstern at the 2011 Texas Book Festival.
2011
66 Knightsbridge, London SW1X 7LA, United Kingdom
Erin Morgenstern at Galaxy National Book Award at Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park on November 4, 2011. Photo by Ferdaus Shamim.
2011
Erin Morgenstern with Orli Moscowitz and Alison Callahan in 2011.
2011
207 Fifth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101, United States
Erin Morgenstern at Summit Entertainment Comic-Con Party at the Hard Rock Hotel San Diego on July 21, 2011.
2013
Erin Morgenstern in 2013.
2013
Erin Morgenstern with Neil Gaiman in 2013.
2019
Erin Morgenstern at San Diego Comic-Con 2019.
Smith College, Northampton, MA 01063, United States
Smith College where Erin Morgenstern received her Bachelor of Arts degree.
Erin Morgenstern
Erin Morgenstern with Margaret Atwood.
Erin Morgenstern
Erin Morgenstern. Photo by Adam Scott.
1150 Kern Rd, South Bend, IN 46614, United States
Erin Morgenstern at St. Joseph County Public Library.
(The circus arrives without warning. No announcements prec...)
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas, tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night. But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway: a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them both, this is a game in which the only one can be left standing. Despite the high stakes, Celia and Marco soon tumble headfirst into love, setting off a domino effect of dangerous consequences, and leaving the lives of everyone, from the performers to the patrons, hanging in the balance.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307744434/?tag=2022091-20
2012
(Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont whe...)
Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont when he discovers a mysterious book hidden in the stacks. As he turns the pages, entranced by tales of lovelorn prisoners, key collectors, and nameless acolytes, he reads something strange: a story from his own childhood. Bewildered by this inexplicable book and desperate to make sense of how his own life came to be recorded, Zachary uncovers a series of clues - a bee, a key, and a sword - that lead him to a masquerade party in New York, to a secret club, and through a doorway to an ancient library hidden far below the surface of the earth. What Zachary finds in this curious place is more than just a buried home for books and their guardians - it is a place of lost cities and seas, lovers who pass notes under doors and across time, and of stories whispered by the dead.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038554121X/?tag=2022091-20
2019
Erin Morgenstern was born on July 8, 1978, in Marshfield, Massachusetts, United States. Her mother was a librarian so Erin read a lot in her childhood.
While studying in school, Erin Morgenstern wrote little random things but never really thought of herself as a writer. After school, she attended Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. She studied playwriting in college but never finished any play. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2000.
Before becoming a full-time writer, Erin Morgenstern had some office jobs. From 2003, she has participated in National Novel Writing Month and wrote what became a book The Night Circus. She was rejected by thirty literary agents and as a result, she signed with Inkwell Management in May 2010. In 2011 her first book The Night Circus was published. It is a phantasmagorical fairy tale of magic and romance set in an ahistorical late 19th century London. The book has drawn a comparison with the Harry Potter series, as well as the works of Neil Gaiman, Ray Bradbury, Susanna Clarke, and Steven Millhauser.
Morgenstern's second and most recent novel is The Starless Sea (2019). It's a timeless love story set in a secret underground world - a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea. The core of the novel is a simple story about a young man who wants to know his fate, these other strands make such a complex tapestry that the images blur and warp.
In addition to her writing and speaking, Erin Morgenstern also paints and runs a blog.
(Zachary Ezra Rawlins is a graduate student in Vermont whe...)
2019(The circus arrives without warning. No announcements prec...)
2012
Quotations:
"I think I’ve always been a storyteller in one way or another. I think the theatre background gave me a good grounding in telling other people’s stories, and then it took some experimenting in paint and words to figure out how best to tell my own."
"My world-building is likely somewhat unconventional, as I am either blessed or cursed by the fact that imaginary worlds spring nearly fully-formed into my head and I explore and excavate more than I build."
"The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones."
"People see what they wish to see. And in most cases, what they are told that they see."
"Secrets have power. And that power diminishes when they are shared, so they are best kept and kept well. Sharing secrets, real secrets, important ones, with even one other person, will change them. Writing them down is worse, because who can tell how many eyes might see them inscribed on paper, no matter how careful you might be with it. So it's really best to keep your secrets when you have them, for their own good, as well as yours."
"Life takes us to unexpected places sometimes. The future is never set in stone, remember that."
Erin Morgenstern mostly writes in Scrivener, or in fountain pen on unlined paper. Her favorite books are The Secret History by Donna Tartt, Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman, Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett, and other.
Erin Morgenstern married Peter Canisius, Jr. on October 13, 2006. The couple separated in 2011 and divorced in 2013. On July 2, 2014, she married a man named Adam.