Erin Morgenstern

Erin Morgenstern is an American multimedia artist who writes fantasy novels, and she is best known for The Night Circus, a 2011 book about a circus that opens only at night and two young illusionists whose rivalry turns into romance. That novel won the Locus Award for Best First Novel and earned her an Alex Award in 2012. Her second novel, The Starless Sea, followed in 2019. Morgenstern studied theatre at Smith College and lives in Massachusetts.