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The Black List recently announced the seven winners of its inaugural Unpublished Novel Award, introducing the world to seven writers across various genres from children’s and young adult fiction to adult crime, horror, and literary fiction.

Debutiful recently chatted with all seven winners and is excited to introduce the world to each writer, discover why and how they write, and learn more about the book that won them the award.

Meet Cam Terwilliger, winner of the Literary Fiction award for his manuscript, White Flame. Terwillger lives in Brooklyn, where he currently teaches at New York University. His writing has appeared in American Short Fiction, Electric Literature, Gettysburg Review, and Narrative, where he was named one of Narrative’s “15 Under 30.” With an MFA from Emerson College, he has also received support from Brown University, the Fulbright Program, James Jones First Novel Fellowship, Massachusetts Cultural Council, New York State Council on the Arts, New York Public Library, Starr Center for the Study of the American Experience, and the Bread Loaf, Tin House, and Sewanee Writers’ Conferences.

We asked Terwilliger to give readers a brief insight into his writing life and his Unpublished Novel Award-winning manuscript, White Flame.