Helene Wecker
{{Short description|American speculative fiction author (born 1975)}}
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| birth_place = Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
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| occupation = Novelist
| education = {{ubl | Carleton College (BA)|Columbia University (MFA)}}
| genre = {{cslist |speculative fiction |fantasy |literary fiction}}
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| notable_works = The Golem and the Jinni
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Helene Deborah Wecker (born September 1975) is an American writer, author of the Mythopoeic Award-winning historical fantasy novel The Golem and the Jinni and its sequel, The Hidden Palace.
Biography
Wecker was born and raised in Libertyville, a northern suburb of Chicago.[https://www.harpercollins.com/blogs/authors/helene-wecker Author entry for Helene Wecker] at harpercollins.com. 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."Wecker, Helene. "[https://www.helenewecker.com/about About the Author]." Moving to New York, she received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University. Wecker currently resides near San Francisco with her husband and daughter.
Literary career
Wecker's first novel, The Golem and the Jinni, was published by HarperCollins in April 2013. A sequel with the working title The Iron Season, along with a third novel, was sold in 2015 in a rumored seven-figure deal according to Publishers Weekly. It was initially projected for release in 2018, and was published on 8 June 2021 under the title The Hidden Palace.[https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Hidden+Palace%3A+A+Tale+of+the+Golem+and+the+Jinni&ref=nb_sb_noss_2 Amazon.com entry for The Hidden Palace].{{Cite news |last=Rogers |first=Adam |title=The Best Made-Up Worlds Are Made Up of Real Parts |language=en-US |work=Wired |url=https://www.wired.com/story/the-hidden-palace-star-wars-avengers/ |access-date=2022-10-10 |issn=1059-1028 |date=June 18, 2021}} Wecker said in 2021 that while she was not "100% certain" about further sequels, she plans to write a third book in the series.
Bibliography
=Chava and Ahmad series=
- The Golem and the Jinni (2013)
- The Hidden Palace: A Tale of the Golem and the Jinni (2021)
=Short fiction=
- "Majnun" (2017)
Awards
The Golem and the Djinni won the 2014 Mythopoeic 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 Award for Best First Novel and the 2013 Goodreads Choice Award for Debut Author, and third in the 2013 Goodreads Choice Award for Fantasy.
References
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{{cite magazine |last=Danford |first=Natalie |title=First Fiction 2013: Helene Wecker: Supernatural Love |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/authors/profiles/article/55782-first-fiction-2013-helene-wecker-supernatural-love.html |date=February 1, 2013 |magazine=Publishers Weekly}}
{{cite magazine |last=Deahl |first=Rachel |title='Golem' Sequel Fetches Seven Figures; Harkness Heads back To Viking |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/book-deals/article/68334-book-deals-week-of-october-12-2015.html |date=October 9, 2015 |magazine=Publishers Weekly}}
{{cite web |last=Robinson |first=Tasha |title=Read an Excerpt from The Hidden Palace, the Sequel to the Decade's Best Fantasy Novel |url=https://www.polygon.com/22457494/helene-wecker-interview-the-hidden-palace-excerpt |date=May 28, 2021 |work=Polygon}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.sfadb.com/Helene_Wecker_Titles |title=Helene Wecker Titles |date=May 16, 2018 |work=Science Fiction Awards Database |publisher=Locus Science Fiction Foundation}}
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.helenewecker.com/}}
- {{isfdb name|id=186293|name=Helene Wecker}}
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Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:American speculative fiction writers
Category:People from Libertyville, Illinois
Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:American fantasy writers
Category:American women novelists