![]() ![]() 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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After reading the story, draw students’ attention to the word “investigating” used by the author. Richard Van Camp lists many lovely traits and features of horses. This challenge invites students to investigate the most beautiful (lovely or wonderful) feature about them as individuals.Discuss how using comparisons in writing helps the reader to create imagery and to better understand the text and what the author is trying to say. Reread the story a second time to try to add to the list of comparisons. Read “What’s the Most Beautiful…”book to students once, then make a list of the comparisons they remember from the story. 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Saxophonist Kirk Whalum (not shown) also took part in the conversation. ![]() Ramsey Lewis takes part in a live DownBeat interview at the The Midwest Clinic in December 2009. ![]() |