WOVEN FROM CLAY is a heartwarming, hopeful grounded YA fantasy that explores family, love, and loyalty through the lens of adoption with a fresh, eerie twist on golem mythology.

Terra Slater might not know anything about her birth family or her origins, but that hasn't stopped her life from unfolding just as she always imagined, and she fully intends her senior year to be her best year yet. Then Thorne Wilder, a magical bounty hunter, moves to town, bringing revelations that mess up all of Terra's plans. When Terra learns she is a golem, not born but crafted from mud and magic by a warlock, her world is upended. Moreover, Cyrus Quill, the warlock that made her, is on the run, hiding from Thorne's coven who want to hold him accountable for his past crimes. Desperate to save herself - and the other golems that populate their small town - Terra strikes a deal with Thorne and the witches to preserve the life and magic of the warlock. If she can prove her worth to the coven by mastering the magic within her, the golems will survive. If she can't, she and the mud children will perish along with Cyrus. Along the way, she finds an unexpected ally in the dark and mysterious Thorne, as she comes to understand the depths of her own magic, humanity, and love for the people most important to her.