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Carolyn Turgeon

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Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Isabel Allende, Italo Calvino, Alice Hoffman, ...more

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Carolyn Turgeon is the author of five novels—Rain Village, Godmother, Mermaid, The Fairest of Them All, and The Next Full Moon, most of them based on old-time fairy tales, dark and glimmering—as well as The Faerie Handbook, The Mermaid Handbook, and The Unicorn Handbook.

She's also the editor-in-chief and co-owner of Enchanted Living (formerly Faerie Magazine), a quarterly print publication that the NY Times called “what would happen if Spenser’s The Faerie Queene and Martha Stewart Living had a magazine baby.”

She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina, with her punk rock rescue dog Iggy.

Visit Carolyn's website at carolynturgeon.com and Enchanted Living at enchantedlivingmag.com. ...more

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Average rating: 3.68 · 12,454 ratings · 2,127 reviews · 57 distinct works • Similar authors

	Mermaid 3.62 avg rating — 6,130 ratings — published 2011 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story 3.30 avg rating — 2,325 ratings — published 2009 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fairest of Them All 3.78 avg rating — 1,701 ratings — published 2013 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Faerie Handbook: An Enchanting Compendium of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects 4.43 avg rating — 460 ratings — published 2017 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rain Village 3.72 avg rating — 441 ratings — published 2006 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mermaid Handbook: An Alluring Treasury of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects 4.11 avg rating — 362 ratings — published 2018 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Next Full Moon 3.71 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 2012 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Unicorn Handbook: A Spellbinding Collection of Literature, Lore, Art, Recipes, and Projects 4.13 avg rating — 115 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faerie Magazine, Winter 2013 #25: Mermaids by Carolyn Turgeon (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author), Aimee Bender (Goodreads Author) 4.77 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2013 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faerie Magazine, Autumn 2017 #40: The Practical Magic Issue by Carolyn Turgeon (Goodreads Author) (Editor-in-Chief), Charles de Lint (Goodreads Author), Alice Hoffman (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Tous mes anciens amours vont me revenir.'
- All my old loves will be returned to me”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story

tags: age, beauty, cinderella, fairy-tale, french, godmother, hope, love

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“there are people all over the world who carry the mermaid inside them, that otherworldly beauty and longing and desire that made her reach for heaven when she lived in the darkness of the sea.”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Mermaid

tags: fantasy-fiction

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“It's a never ending dream for everyone it seems, to find again what was once precious and has been lost.”
― Carolyn Turgeon, Mermaid

tags: fairy-tale, fantasy-fiction

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Poll for our two fictional retellings in novel form choices. Poll will close on Friday, September 18.

Beauty

Robin McKinley

3 votes, 33.3%

The Fairest of Them All

Carolyn Turgeon

3 votes, 33.3%

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister

Gregory Maguire

2 votes, 22.2%

Enchantment

Orson Scott Card

1 vote, 11.1%

Ice

Sarah Beth Durst

0 votes, 0.0%

White As Snow

Tanith Lee

0 votes, 0.0%

The Fairy Godmother

Mercedes Lackey

0 votes, 0.0%

Spindle's End

Robin McKinley

0 votes, 0.0%

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message 3: by Konnie

May 13, 2011 06:33AM

One visit to Weeki Wachee hooks everyone! I would so love a book about Weeki Wachee! ;) I am only on chapter 2 of your book, but as a die hard mermaid fan I am already hooked.

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message 2: by Carolyn

Mar 17, 2011 07:22AM

ღஜ♥ Michelle ♥ღஜ wrote: "Just devoured Mermaid! It was truly amazing! I loved every minute of it!! I'm on to Godmother now!! Any more books in the works?"

Thank you, Michelle! Well my first kid's book comes out in June... and then I'm working on a bunch of things...! A YA, a thriller, and probably a non-fiction mermaid book and possibly a novel about Weeki Wachee... =)

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message 1: by Michelle

Mar 17, 2011 07:19AM

Just devoured Mermaid! It was truly amazing! I loved every minute of it!! I'm on to Godmother now!! Any more books in the works?

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