“A grand saga of a novel…one that will linger in the mind and memory long after the book is finished.”

—Midwest Book Review

Recent Press:

Texas Standard, KUT News, Austin

“Genre-bending debut novel ‘The Wretched and Undone’ mixes Southern Gothic with Texas Western.”

“‘The Wretched and Undone’ is the debut novel of Texas author J.E. Weiner. A southern gothic horror story rooted in the author's own experience in the Texas hill country…”

San Antonio Living/News 4

Daytime/KABB Fox News 29

“J. E. Weiner’s always been a magnet for ghosts, along with the women in her family…and now she's decided to write a new book about it. Her debut novel ‘The Wretched and Undone’ is available now.”

“J. E. Weiner is the author of ‘The Wretched and Undone’ a unique book that blends gothic and southern genres into a spectacular read. She joined us in studio to talk about her life and how it inspired her to write this fantastic new book.”

Studio 4/KAMR, Amarillo

  • "J. E. Weiner's characters are so well crafted they crawl off the page. The novel's dark edges are absolutely gripping."

    —Adam Van Winkle, Editor-in Chief, Cowboy Jamboree Press

  • "A compelling, slow-burning horror story...with an Old Testament sense of inevitable damnation..."

    —Jim Nesbitt, author of the award-winning Ed Earl Burch hard-boiled Texas crime thrillers

  • "...written with a confident, sure-handed elegance, evocative prose, and a particularly well-tuned ear for dialogue."

    —Baron Birtcher, author of Knife River and Reckoning