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“Carlson writes sensitively, often beautifully, of the desire to be free of the gaze of others, of the misery of serving as a mirror in which others may see themselves.” —The New York Times
Stacy Carlson is a novelist and naturalist. Her books are The Gyre (forthcoming May 2026) and Among the Wonderful.
The Gyre is where The Revenant meets Angela Carter among the icebergs. It is a novel of spiritual aspiration, doomed ambition, and the unexpectedly rich layers of folklore present in Spitsbergen, a remote arctic archipelago often thought of as a Terra nullius.
An atmospheric journey into the far northern wilds, The Gyre is an astonishing saga where adventure, folklore, and the Arctic converge.
Preorder The Gyre ships May 19, 2026
“Stacy Carlson has written an enthralling story of flawed, fragile humanity and the uncanny redemptive power of nature at its most brutal. The Gyre is a journey through a stark, glittering wilderness, an unforgettable landscape both terrible and holy in equal measure.”
–Lynn Coady, Giller Prize-winning author of Hellgoing
In the autumn of 1840, PT Barnum purchased an outdated museum on the corner of Broadway and Ann Street in Manhattan. He was a newcomer to the city and still unknown to the world, but with uncanny confidence and impeccable timing he transformed the dusty natural history collection into a great ark for public imagination.
Among the Wonderful is a fictional account of this museum’s short, extraordinary reign as America’s most popular attraction.
Buy Among the Wonderful (Kindle edition here)
