We’ve compiled a list of twelve debut authors to read now. Some are brand new to the writing scene, and others have had different types of writing, like poetry, published before. Whether they’re writing short stories or novels, these twelve authors are our favorite coming into the market. The list includes author debuts in 2015 with the excpetion of Justine Lewis who debuted her novel in Australia in 2014.
Angelina Mirabella
The Sweetheart
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Release Date: January 20, 2015
Mirabella’s work has previously appeared in The Southern Review, The Mid-American Review, and The Greensboro Review. Her first novel, The Sweetheart, debuted in January and tells the coming-of-age story of a teenage in 1953. The book examines the affect a single decision can have on our lives and the lives of everyone around us.
Jan Ellison
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Release Date: January 20, 2015
The O. Henry Prize winning author’s debt novel follows nineteen-year-old Annie Black as she leaves California for London in search of love in all the wrong places. Jumping twenty years ahead, a letter awakens an old obsession and now-happy Annie must fight to save her new life. Ellison’s work has been shortlisted for the Best American Short Stories and the Pushcart Prize. She loves to travel and has lived in Paris and London.