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Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent.

Erin Morgenstern

Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent.

Tags: circus, dreams, travel

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About Erin Morgenstern

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 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.