Larissa Brown
epic love stories & dramatic knit designs
I write about the crafting life, with knitting books and memoir that blend my personal stories with those of knitters around the world. I also write novels that are epic love stories set in the Viking Age! For knitters, I create designs based on natural forms and celestial events.
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My first craft book was Knitalong: Celebrating the Tradition of Knitting Together. My short work and personal essays have appeared in Jane Austen Knits, KnitEdge magazine, and I was a columnist writing about knitted art for knitty.com. When I added fiction to my work, I was launched on a quest to try the crafts and chores a Viking woman would do. Today, I’m writing a memoir about that experience.
Knit designs that are inspired by the repetition and forms in nature, and by celestial bodies and events. I host annual Mystery Knitalongs based on the phases of the moon. See them all here.
Lose yourself in stories that toss heroines through time, from a bleak future to 10th century Iceland, a land of rugged beauty and ax-hewn justice. Beautiful Wreck is where the story begins.
In a desolate future built on virtual reality, Ginn is a romantic who yearns for something real. She designs environments for people who play at being Vikings. But when her project goes awry, she’s stranded in the actual 10th century, on a storybook farm in Viking Iceland.
Heirik is the young leader of his family, honored by the men and women who live on his land. But he is feared and isolated because of a terrible curse. Ginn and Heirik are two people who never thought they would find a home in someone else’s heart. When forces rise against them to keep them apart, Ginn is called on to decide–will she trade the brutal but beautiful reality of the past for a painless future? Or will she have the courage to traverse time and become more of a Viking than she ever imagined?
contact me
I love to receive your letters, read your book reviews, and see your art!
Connect with me on Instagram, where I spend most of my social media time.
- @larissabrownauthor on Instagram
- I am not active on Facebook and generally won’t see your messages there! I am present in a few other places:
- LarissaBrown on ravelry
- Epic Love Stories on etsy
- LarissaBrown on pinterest
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