Helene Wecker

Helene Wecker is an American writer, author of the Mythopoeic Award-winning historical fantasy novel The Golem and the Jinni and its upcoming sequel.

Helene Wecker
BornLibertyville, Illinois, USA
OccupationAuthor
Genrespeculative fiction
Website
www.helenewecker.com

Biography

Wecker was born and raised in Libertyville, a northern suburb of Chicago.[1][2][3] After graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in English from Carleton College, she worked in marketing and communications in Minneapolis and Seattle before "deciding to return to her first love, fiction writing."[1] Moving to New York, she received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University.[1][3] Wecker currently resides near San Francisco with her husband and daughter.[1][3]

Literary career

Wecker's first novel, The Golem and the Jinni, was published by HarperCollins in April 2013.[2][1] A sequel with the working title The Iron Season was initially projected for release in 2018.[1] It is currently projected for release in June 2021 under the title The Hidden Palace.[4]

Bibliography

Chava and Ahmad series

Short fiction
  • "Majnun" (2017)

Awards

The Golem and the Djinni won the 2014 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature, was nominated for the 2014 Nebula Award for Best Novel and was a finalist for the 2013 James Tiptree Jr. Award. It placed second in the 2014 Locus Poll Award for Best First Novel and the 2013 Goodreads Award for the Goodreads Debut Author Award, and third in the 2013 Goodreads Award for Fantasy.[2][1]

References
  1. Wecker, Helene. "About the Author."
  2. Helene Wecker at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
  3. Author entry for Helene Wecker at harpercollins.com.
  4. Amazon.com entry for The Hidden Palace.
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