The first printing runs to 175,000, and the rights have been sold in 30 countries Summit Entertainment has contracted the film rights. 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 it is not aimed at young adults, but has been recommended for teens. It is a phantasmagorical fairy tale of magic and romance set in an ahistorical late 19th century London. Morgenstern's debut novel, The Night Circus, was published in September 2011. Morgenstern has since moved to New York City. She has participated in National Novel Writing Month since 2003, and first wrote about what would become The Night Circus in November 2005.

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.

In addition to writing, she paints, mostly in acrylics, including the Phantomwise tarot deck. Her second book, The Starless Sea, was published in 2019.Įrin Morgenstern was raised in Marshfield, Massachusetts and studied theater and studio art at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, graduating in 2000. She is a 2012 recipient of an Alex Award. The Night Circus (2011) was published in more than a dozen languages by 2013 and won the annual Locus Award for Best First Novel. Morgenstern at the 2011 Texas Book FestivalĮrin Morgenstern (born July 8, 1978) is an American multimedia artist and the author of two fantasy novels.

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