Young Adult Author Inspired By The 'Real World'

Young adult author Lori Goldstein said her “inspiration comes from the real world.”

She told Walsh Middle School students all the book she writes have some basis in the read world - be it a news report, or a podcast, which is one of the best places for imagination.

Goldstein is one of more than a dozen authors, who will sell and autograph their books at the 8th Annual Framingham High Holiday Marketplace on Saturday, Dec. 5. Goldstein will be at the marketplace from 10 a.m. to noon.

Editor’s Note: Below is a schedule of all authors.

Goldstein said the idea for her young adult contemporary book Becoming Jinn ”came from a news report.”

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She said in 2011, there was a really bad earthquake in Turkey. She said there was a mother and her infant daughter pulled from the rumble a couple of days afterwards.

“They both survived but that baby was only two weeks old,” said Goldstein to the students. “The baby’s name was Azra. And that is my protagonist in Becoming Jinn.”

Published in April 2015, the book focuses on Azra Nadira and her Jinn ancestry.

At age 16, she receives the silver bangle that releases her powers and transforms her into a genie.

“As she always knew it would, her Jinn ancestry brings not just magical powers but the reality of a life of servitude, as her wish granting is controlled by a remote ruling class of Jinn known as the Afrit. To the humans she lives among, she’s just the girl working at the snack bar at the beach, navigating the fryer and her first crush. But behind closed doors, she’s learning how to harness her powers and fulfill the obligations of her destiny. Mentored by her mother and her Zar “sisters,” Azra discovers she may not be quite like the rest of her circle of female Jinn ... and that her powers could endanger them all.”

The sequel to Becoming Jinn is to be published in Spring 2016. It is titled Circle of Jinn.

Goldstein worked as a writer, editor, and graphic designer before becoming a full-time author. She currently lives and writes in Massachusetts, having grown up in New Jersey.

Framingham Marketplace Author Schedule

• 10 a.m. to noon Goldsein and Carol Lynn Luck
• 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Jacqui Morton
• noon to 2 p.m. Jane Kohuth
• 1 to 3 p.m. Josh Funk, Cameron Garriepy, Anna Staniszewski, Lisa Kramer, Marrisa Doyle & Michael Lewis
• 2 to 4 p.m. Nadini Bajpai, Jane Sutton & Heather Lang

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