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Maddie Martinez
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usa today bestselling author of THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER (out now with Tor Books) | she/her | rep: victoria marini

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🥀 COVER REVEAL 🥀

Excited to reveal the US cover of THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER, my sapphic adult fantasy inspired by Jewish mythology. It comes out Sept 9, 2025 with @torbooks.bsky.social!

You can preorder now!

Designer: Lesley Worrell
Artist: Christin Engelberth
February 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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🥀 I’M GONNA BE A PUBLISHED AUTHOR 🥀

An absolute dream come true to announce my debut adult fantasy, THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER, a sapphic reimagining of the Jewish myth of golem, will be published by Tor Books and Tor UK in Fall 2025!
A green floral background with the title THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER and underneath that in smaller text MADDIE MARTINEZ. In the center obscured by a couple pale green leaves is a publishers marketplace announcement that says: Maddie Martinez's THE MAIDEN AND HER MONSTER, a sapphic fantasy pitched as reimagining the Jewish myth of golem that follows a young woman forced to venture into a cursed forest to capture the monster hunting the girls of her village; instead; she discovers a disgraced golem ready to confess, but only if she agrees to help fulfill an ancient promise first — a bargain that unravels a much more dangerous threat to her people, and forces her to face growing feelings for the very creature she was taught to fear, to Stephanie Stein at Tor and Grace Barber at Tor UK in a significant deal in a preempt by Victoria Marini at High Line Lit. On the bottom is a bush of pale green leaves decorating the space with the Tor Books logo splitting the words Fall 2025.
April 19, 2024 at 5:05 PM
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thinking about my girls!!! ❄️

my sapphic reimagining of the jewish myth of golem ft jewish folklore, a cursed forest, and a sapphic monster romance, is such a perfect fall/winter read and it's my dream that one day people will be able to cozy up and read it as the weather turns! <3

art: milirine_
Artwork from golem wip. Swirling dark forest with two characters searching their way through. First character in front is my character Malka, a white woman who is scared and holding a candle up, looking it the left at someone off screen. She’s wearing traditional medieval clothing from Eastern Europe, including a pinnofore with an intricate top. In the back is Nimrah, my golem character, holding a sword with swirling long black hair
October 2, 2023 at 4:24 PM
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🥀I’m launching a newsletter! 🥀

Letters from the Alcove is my quiet corner of the internet where I’ll give occasional updates & musings on writing. I'll be drinking a warm cup of coffee or tea when writing these letters, hope you'll join me!

➡️ tinyurl.com/44dybhf2
a square muted floral background with italic words in white that say "letters from the alcove" and below it, "a newsletter" in smaller text
September 7, 2023 at 3:21 PM
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hi I wrote a sapphic reimagining of the jewish myth of golem that will go on sub soon! that's all you really need to know really 💃🏽
Green-toned moodboard for golem wip with the words "I was made to destroy" on the center black square in white lettering . Imagines going from left to right: 1st row: First imge is a dark foresty scene with a woman being consoled by another. Second is an image of a forest with creepy trees. Third is a pale, not quite human face looking down. 2nd row: First image is hebrew from a medieval manuscript, second image are the words "I was made to destroy" against a black background. Third image is a sketch of the rabbi raising his hand to a golem. 3rd row: First image is a woman with curly hair, second is a picture of the famous prague clock, and third is an old house from prague Book trope tree with a fake book cover in the center. Surrounding it on a green floral background are the tropes: jewish mythology, critique and appreciation of religion, stories within stories, historically influenced, monster love interest, sapphic slow burn romance, and forestry horror
July 25, 2023 at 2:13 PM