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Gita Trelease

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Born
in Göteborg, Sweden
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Genre
Fantasy, Historical Fiction

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The Night Circus, Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell, Grimms' fairy tales ...more

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Hi there! I hope you'll follow me on GR for updates and on Instagram and Twitter, 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 central 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, where I'm still searching for a secret portal that wi ...more

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For historical fantasy, what do you think about first? How the fantasy fits into the history, or how the history will warp around the fantasy? What's the process like for that?
Gita Trelease Though there's always a bit of give and take, for me the historical period is what inspires the fantasy. In ENCHANTEÉ, magic is worked by using sorrow…moreThough there's always a bit of give and take, for me the historical period is what inspires the fantasy. In ENCHANTEÉ, magic is worked by using sorrow to transform things, which speaks both to the situation of the poor and the sweeping social changes occurring at the time of the French Revolution.(less)
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How do you do the research for your novels? Have you been to Paris?
Gita Trelease I've been lucky enough to visit Paris several times! It's one of my favorite places in the world. I actually lived there for five months after I gradu…moreI've been lucky enough to visit Paris several times! It's one of my favorite places in the world. I actually lived there for five months after I graduated from college, when I had zero idea what I wanted to do with my life. Some friends were going and I tagged along at the last minute, knowing at least I'd have a place to stay. I found a job teaching English to business people, which was weirdly fun, and spent the rest of my days exploring. Paris certainly inspired me; the city is an important character in my book.(less)
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“Magicians needed sorrow. And deep sorrow existed only because of love.”
― Gita Trelease, Enchantée
tags: c-est-la-vie, enchantée, life, love, truth
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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.”
― Gita Trelease, Enchantée
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“Remember – magic is a cheater’s game, and everyone who sees it wants to play.”
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