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Morgan Shamy is a former ballerina and concert pianist whose transition to writing has made her a standout voice in Young Adult fiction. With a lifelong foundation in the arts—beginning at age four—Morgan danced professionally, performing solo at iconic venues like Carnegie Hall and training hundreds of students, some of whom went on to receive full scholarships to world-renowned ballet institutions including the School of American Ballet, Kirov Academy, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and Harid Conservatory.

Morgan’s artistic depth and emotional storytelling were born from a deeply personal journey: she discovered writing as a creative lifeline when her three-year-old son was diagnosed with cancer. Determined to bring art and magic to young reade ...more

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	The Stricken 3.76 avg rating — 433 ratings — published 2024 — 12 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 Dollmaker 3.84 avg rating — 402 ratings — 13 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
	Serenade (The Dark Nocturne, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 175 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	The Redpoint Crux 4.05 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	Etude (The Dark Nocturne, #2) 4.37 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2022 — 2 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
	Promenade (The Dark Nocturne, #3) 4.40 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2022 — 2 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

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THE STRICKEN is now out in the world!!

Hey guys!

I keep forgetting to post! I keep most of my updates on my website. But for my blogger friends, I recently celebrated the release of The Stricken!!

This book has been an incredible journey. I first wrote the book 13 years ago. After having 4 agents, and countless rewrites, I finally found a home for this book!

The book was recently on the cover of Publishers Weekly, has been

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Morgan Shamy liked John Walkenford's review of The Dollmaker: "I binge read so I read a lot of books, mostly sci-fi/fantasy but I also enjoy mystery/adventure novels. Usually I am happy if I just have a "nice read" through the books. But The Dollmaker surpassed all of that. I don't think I have ever been drawn i" Read more of this review »
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Morgan Shamy answered M Myosotis's question: Hello! This may be a dumb question, but I recently came into possession of an ARC copy of "The Stricken". I've noticed the page count from ARC to published copy is very different. I was wondering if you would personally recommend I read the published version of the story, or if I may read the ARC as usual? I'm just unsure if there's any significant difference in terms of story or something else I should keep in mind. Hi there! I'm so sorry I just saw this! Delayed answer! You can absolutely read the ARC! It's just an uncorrected proof--but the ARC is great. No significant difference!
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Morgan Shamy and 1 other person liked Tina's review of The Dollmaker: "The Dollmaker by Morgan Shamy will keep you guessing until the end. I had no idea who the killer was and was shocked when it was revealed. The story follows Dawn, a young woman in the early twentieth century, as she tries to find her best friend Rose" Read more of this review »
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In love! I truly, truly did love this book from the first page. I usually can tell by the first paragraph if I like an author's writing style, and I instantly knew that I was going to love this book. The tale was a perfect balance of everything... sm ...more
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May 11, 2012 08:54AM

Your Subjective POV on Subjectivity was spot on. Loved it. There is an extensive investigation of exactly what you were talking about in Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. The author's journey to identify was makes "good" writing precipitates the entire rest of the book/philosophy/electroshock therapy. You probably wouldn't enjoy the book- it's long and gets pretty bogged down in philosophy and science- but his discussion of your question was very intriguing. Essentially he decided that there is something outside of our mortal existence that is good and we measure the goodness of everything inside our mortal existence by that. (Gee, I wonder what/WHO that could be?) :) Interesting post anyway. Love you.

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