Helene Wecker is the author of the Golem and the Jinni trilogy: THE GOLEM AND THE JINNI, which was awarded the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature, the VCU Cabell Award for First Novel, and the Harold U. Ribalow Prize, and was nominated for a Nebula Award and a World Fantasy Award; THE HIDDEN PALACE and THE GATES OF MIDNIGHT. A Midwest native, she holds a B.A. in English from Carleton College and an M.F.A. in Fiction Writing from Columbia University. Her work has appeared in literary journals such as Joyland and Catamaran, as well as the fantasy anthology THE DJINN FALLS IN LOVE AND OTHER STORIES. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and children.

Books by Helene Wecker

The Golem and the Jinni

by Helene Wecker - Fantasy, Fiction, Historical Fantasy, Historical Fiction

A lonely man’s desire for a wife is the catalyst for the creation of a golem like no other. When she’s left master-less on the streets of New York City, she fights her ingrained impulse to help and protect those around her. A jinni, captured and enslaved hundreds of years ago, is free of his flask but not truly free as the iron cuff that keeps him in human form remains on his wrist. The golem and the jinni are drawn to each other, kindred spirits of long-forgotten fairy tales.