Jess Wells

photo credit: Ed Caldwell

Author Biography

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

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

Web Links

Buy Jess Wells' books here, and have them autographed

Events

Jess Wells: Key West Literary Seminar: Historical Fiction and the Search for Truth
January 15, 2009 8:42am - January 18, 2009 8:42am
Key West, Florida

Jess Wells: AWP Annual Conference and Bookfair, Association of Writers and Writing Programs
February 11, 2009 8:48am - February 14, 2009 8:48am
Chicago, IL

Jess Wells: Saints and Sinners Literary Conference
May 14, 2009 3:33pm - May 17, 2009 3:33pm
New Orleans, LA

Jess Wells: Historical Novel Society Conference
June 12, 2009 3:38pm - June 14, 2009 3:38pm
Schaumberg, IL

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"See-Saw Family" to Appear in Families: The Frontline of Pluralism

by Jess Wells

March 20, 2008, 8:30 pm

Very happy to announce that "The See-Saw Family" will appear in Families: The Frontline of Pluralism by Wising Up Press. It's an interesting press, devoted to spiritual and social acceptance. Keep a look-out at www.universaltable.org.