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Gita Trelease

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in Göteborg, Sweden

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Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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Hi there! I hope you'll follow me on GR for updates and on Instagram, where I post about my books, my process, and random musings. Hope to see you there!

I was born in Sweden to Indian and Swedish parents and have lived in lots of places, including New York, Paris, and a tiny town in Italy. I attended Yale College and New York University, where I earned a Ph.D. in British literature. Before becoming a novelist (what I'd always dreamed of becoming if I didn't become a spy), I taught classes on writing and fairy tales—some of which have seeped into my stories.

With my husband and son, I divide my time between a spooky old village in Massachusetts and the coast of Maine.
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Average rating: 3.67 · 11,175 ratings · 2,474 reviews · 4 distinct works • Similar authors

	All That Glitters (Enchantée, #1) 3.68 avg rating — 9,350 ratings — published 2019 — 22 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
	Everything That Burns (Enchantée, #2) 3.69 avg rating — 1,060 ratings — published 2021 — 11 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
	At Midnight by Dahlia Adler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Melissa Albert (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Tracy Deonn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.39 avg rating — 873 ratings — published 2022 — 8 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
	Enchantée: Chapter Sampler 3.89 avg rating — 99 ratings	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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“Magicians needed sorrow. And deep sorrow existed only because of love.”
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“This was the Paris of the strivers, of those who dwelt low, not high. This was not the Paris of balloonists. It was her Paris, and it was the same as it had been this morning. But she, perhaps, was not.”
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“Remember – magic is a cheater’s game, and everyone who sees it wants to play.”
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