About this Event
Join the Litquake Literary Festival and the JCC East Bay for an evening with Helene Wecker, author of the bestselling The Golem and the Jinni trilogy, reading from long-awaited The Gates of Midnight. Wecker will discuss the trilogy, the joys and challenges of writing historical fantasy, and what it feels like to finish a writing project twenty years in the making.
Signing following the event. Support your local business and purchase your copy in advance from Afikomen Judaica Bookshop & Gifts.
About the Author:
Helene Wecker is the author of the historical fantasy novels The Golem and the Jinni, The Hidden Palace, and The Gates of Midnight. Her books have won awards including the Mythopoeic Award for Adult Literature, the VCU Cabell Award for First Novel, a National Jewish Book Award, and a Golden Poppy Award, and have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Her work has appeared in literary journals such as Paper Brigade, Joyland, and Catamaran, as well as the fantasy anthology The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories. A Midwest native, she now lives in the East Bay with her family.
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Event venue & nearby stays
East Bay Jewish Community Campus, 5957 Chabot Road, Oakland, United States
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