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Kristofer A. Carrison

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Born

in The United States

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Fiction, Fantasy, Nonfiction

Influences

Murakami, Robbins, Tolstoy, Hemingway, Steinbeck, The Brontes, Dumas, ...more

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Hi, I’m a circus coach and occasional flying human. I’ve spent most of my life in the air or backstage, and now I write stories that live somewhere between myth and memory, dream and desire. If you like haunted circuses, octopuses with secrets, or witches made of browning parchment… we might get along.

My first book, Olga’s Descent, is an erotic fever-dream set inside The Orpheum Circus; a tale of obsession, performance, and self-reinvention. I’m currently working on its prequel, The Empress (or maybe A Curse Worth Living, or possibly Blood in the Spotlight), which leans even harder into the mythic and the mad, but takes its time. Olga was a first try, but this will be much more.

I also wrote Jacqueline of Lemuria, a fantasy about grief, grow ...more

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	Jacqueline of Lemuria: A Story of Wonder, Memory, and the Sea it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 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
	The Orpheum Circus: Olga's Descent it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	The Magic Mine: A Story Waiting to Be Written it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 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
	The Circus Professor's Guidebook: Acting, Improv, and Performance Games for Young Artists 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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