Jess Wells Historical and Modern Fiction Writer and Journalist

Jess Wells

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Author Biography

Jess Wells is the author of 13 volumes, including the historical novel, The Mandrake Broom (Firebrand, 2007). Wells was awarded a San Francisco Arts Commission Grant for Literature and she is a four-time finalist for the Lambda Literary Award.
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Influences

Garcia Marquez, Faulkner, Rushdie, Erdrich, Winterson, Doctorow, Jenks

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Articles and Stories

"Whittaker's Ring"
Deathbed promises have a surprising power, even to those who don’t believe in ghosts or the afte ...
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Chapter One - The Mandrake Broom
The priests encircled the little girl, pressing her against the wall with the end of a cane.
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