“Look around you, he says, waving a hand at the surrounding tables. Not a one of them even has an inkling of the things that are possible in this world, and what's worse is that none of them would listen if you attempted to enlighten them. They want to believe that magic is nothing but clever deception, because to think it real would keep them up at night, afraid of their own existence.”

American multimedia artist and novelist

Erin Morgenstern is an American multimedia artist and novelist, known for her fantasy fiction. Her debut novel, The Night Circus, appeared in 2011 and brought her wide attention. The Night Circus was published in more than a dozen languages by 2013 and won the annual Locus Award for Best First Novel. Morgenstern later published The Starless Sea in 2019. She also received an Alex Award in 2012.