Lore Lassen
Lore Lassen reflected in an antique handheld mirror held against a pale wall

Lore Lassen

Objects in mirror are closer than they appear.

Portrait of Lore Lassen in a burgundy sweater, smiling in warm afternoon light

Lore Lassen

Lore Lassen is the New York Times bestselling author of five novels, including Monster Revision, Permanent in Pencil, Assumption, Gairm, and the breakout bestseller Order of Opposites, adapted into a major motion picture of the same name.

Known for literary Gothic mysteries that blur the line between the uncanny and the unexplained, Lassen writes about women, secrets, unreliable evidence, and stories that change depending on who is telling them. A folklorist, photographer, and lifelong traveler, she holds a master's degree in folklore from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and lives in Elsewhere, North Carolina.

The Origins of Lore
The Preserved Archive of Lore Lassen — Submit reader discoveries to the Estate on NikkiBodie.com (opens in a new tab)

The notebook

Lore, Etc.

Research, photographs, places, things I read, things I learned, things I probably didn't need to learn.

  • Beside the Stories

    THE MISSING LEAVES

  • Beside the Stories

    MONSTER REVISION

  • Letters From Elsewhere

    THE WEATHER MADE A MONSTER

Enter Lore, Etc.
Lore Lassen sitting on the floor of her study surrounded by open notebooks, letters and photographs

Correspondence

Occasional notes from Lore.

Entries from Lore, Etc., letters from the road, book news, appearances, and the occasional update.

No schedule. No noise. Only when there's something worth sending.