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Carolyn Turgeon

Carolyn Turgeon
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Carolyn Turgeon

Carolyn Turgeon is the author of Rain Village, Godmother: The Secret Cinderella Story, Mermaid: A Twist on the Classic Tale, and the young adult novel The Next Full Moon. She is the editor of Mermaids, a special-edition annual magazine, and teaches writing in the low-residency MFA program at the University of Alaska at Anchorage. Find out more at CarolynTurgeon.com and IAmaMermaid.com.

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The Fairest of Them All will be released on August 06, 2013 in Trade Paperback, eBook
May 17, 2013
The Next Full Moon will be released on May 15, 2012 in eBook
May 15, 2012
The Next Full Moon is now available in eBook
May 15, 2012
The Next Full Moon is now available in Trade Paperback
Mar 13, 2012
The Next Full Moon will be released on March 13, 2012 in Trade Paperback
Mar 13, 2012

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Huffington Post, April 15, 2013
...s The Little Mermaid, who gives up her voice, but is still not chosen by the prince -- Carolyn Turgeon's bestselling Mermaid portrays women who rival for the prince, but end up saving each other's lives. Does this mean that women are no longer waiting...
Corning Leader, February 27, 2013
...Mansfield University (MU) will host a presentation by novelist Carolyn Turgeon at 4:30 p.m. on March 7 at MU's Allen Hall, 71 S. Academy St., Mansfield. Turgeon will present ?New Takes on Old Tales.? She is...
Stranger, February 15, 2013
...book. Tomorrow at 7:30 pm at Elliott Bay is the first bookstore reading, and it features novelist Carolyn Turgeon, who also runs a " delicate, ladylike blog for mermaids and the humans who love them "; Allison Williams, an editor for Seattle Met , who'll...
Huffington Post, January 23, 2013
...to issue a disclaimer that "mermaids are not real." Why are YA readers falling in love with Carolyn Turgeon's Mermaid and Forgive My Fins? You know that when Twilight's Stephanie Meyer announces she's writing about mermaids, something fishy is going on. ...
NOLA Live, May 23, 2012
...Maple Street Books Uptown location Saturday (May 26) at 11:30 a.m. The Next Full Moon By Carolyn Turgeon Downtown Bookworks, $6.99 This fantastical children’s novel follows a 12-year-old who grieves for her deceased mother, longs for a boy, and...
Centre Daily Times, November 16, 2012
...mother and her child — and the 200 other affected families — have a place to call home. Carolyn Turgeon is a native of State College and the author of five novels, including “Mermaid” and the forthcoming “The Fairest of them All.” Jill...
US Weekly Online, August 28, 2012
...so I stole it. But I never threw it away!" Under the Sea "I'm reading Mermaid by Carolyn Turgeon and it's so good. It's a twisted take on The Little Mermaid." Puppy Love "Even when I'm away from home, I keep leashes on me...
Mother Nature Network, August 28, 2012
...was also a group swim and, of course, an International Mermaid Pageant. Writing for the Hairpin, mermaid expert Carolyn Turgeon describes her experience judging the pageant: “Strong men from the audience carry each contestant out, since as everyone...