Helene Wecker is the author of The Golem and the Jinni, her debut novel, which was a New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and USA Today bestseller and won great acclaim, including the Mythopoeic Award, was a finalist for the Locus and Nebula awards, and was named a best book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle, Entertainment Weekly, BookPage, Kirkus Reviews, and others. She received a BA degree from Carleton College in Minnesota and an MFA from Columbia University in New York. |