The Qwillery's Debut Author Challenge is entering its second year. This year many of the 2012 Debut Authors will be writing a guest post approximately 2 months ahead of his or her debut novel's publication. So you will be getting to know some of these Debut Authors starting next month. Near the debut's publication date, each of the 2012 Debut Authors will be interviewed. Debut Authors' books will be listed in a post on the first of each month. Please check each month's list to let me know if I've missed any debut authors. You can also let everyone participating know which book you will be reading in the comments to the post.
The object of the 2012 Debut Author Challenge is for participants to read at least 12 debut novels during 2012 - one from each month of the year though you may read them anytime between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2012.
The genres and subgenres covered by the challenge are Fantasy, Urban Fantasy, Epic Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Paranormal Mystery, Horror, Science Fiction, SciFi Romance, Steampunk, Steampunk Mystery, Steampunk Romance, Supernatural Noir and all their permutations. The debuts are not YA/MG.
This year we will also attempt some group reads of debut novels and invite the author(s) back for some Q&A.
Sign up in the comments below if you'd like to participate.
2012 Debut Author Visits as of October 9, 2011:
The following Debut Authors will be visiting The Qwillery during 2011/2012. Please note that they are listed in alphabetical order, not guest post, interview or release date order. This list will be continually updated. You can see the most up-to-date list at the 2012 DAC page.
AUTHOR | TITLE (release month) | SERIES Guest Post Date Interview Date |
Nightshifted (June) | Nightshifted | |
Stephen Blackmoore | City of the Lost (Jan) | [1st in a series] |
Michael Boccacino | Charlotte Markham (July) | |
Kira Brady | Hearts of Darkness (Aug) | Deadglass Trilogy |
Amanda Carlson | Full Blooded (Sep) | Jessica McClain |
Adam Christopher | Empire State (Jan) | |
Deborah Coates | Wide Open (March) | |
Myke Cole | Control Point (Jan) | Shadow Ops |
Rachel Graves | Waking Up Dead (May) | |
Kylie Griffin | Vengeance Born (Feb) | The Light Blade |
Chris F. Holm | Dead Harvest (March) | Collector |
Eowyn Ivey | The Snow Child (Feb) | |
Suzanne Johnson | Royal Street (April) | Sentinels of New Orleans |
Jay Kristoff | Stormdancer (Fall) | The Lotus War |
Shawntelle Madison | Coveted (May) | Coveted |
E.S. Moore | To Walk the Night (Jan) | |
Jillian Stone | The Seduction of Phaeton Black (April) | Phaeton Black |
Joan Swan | Fever (Spring) | Phoenix Rising |
James R. Tuck | Blood and Bullets (Feb) | Deacon Chalk Occult Bounty Hunter |
Chuck Wendig | Blackbirds (May) ![]() | Miriam Black |
You can keep up to date with 2012 Debut Author Challenge information at the 2012 DAC page.