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See the cover for Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou

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See the cover for Vile Lady Villains by Danai Christopoulou

Danai Christopoulou is Greek author raised on a diet of myths and tragedies. Their writing has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and for a Best of Small  Fictions and has appeared in Glamour, Marie Claire, khōréō, Fusion Fragment, Flame Tree  Press, and Writer’s Digest.

Their debut book, Vile Lady Villains, is forthcoming on May 12, 2026, from Union Square Press. It is a queer, gothic horrormantasy where Lady Macbeth and Klytemnestra are thrown together after a witch’s potion pulls Lady Macbeth into a strange realm of stories. Hunted across worlds and pursued by supernatural forces, the two infamous killers form a fragile alliance. As their bond deepens, they must decide whether to return to the tragedies that defined them or destroy the stories that bound them.

It is available for preorder now.

Debutiful is excited to reveal the cover, which features art by Andreea Dumuta and design by UNSQ’a Art Director Patrick Sullivan, along with a short essay by Danai Christopoulou about Vile Lady Villains.

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See the cover for Hands by Pardeep Toor

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See the cover for Hands by Pardeep Toor

In Hands, Pardeep Toor takes readers through a series of stories that explore lofty ideals of assimilation in America and the brutal comedy of the journey. Maria Kuznetsova, author of Oksana, Behave! calls the collection “As devastating, hilarious, and absurd as the immigrant experience itself.”

Toor won the PEN American Dau Prize, and his writing has appeared in the Best Debut Short Stories 2021, Southern Humanities Review, Electric Literature, Midwest Review, and Longreads. His debut book is available for pre-order now and will be published by Cornerstone on April 14, 2026.

Debutiful is honored to reveal the cover of Hands, which was designed by Hasreet Gill, along with a Q&A with Toor and Gill about its creation.

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See the cover for Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think by Grace Spulak

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See the cover for Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think by Grace Spulak

Grace Spulak is a writer and attorney based in her home state of New Mexico with an MFA from Warren Wilson, who will be releasing her debut story collection, Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think, from Autumn House on April 21, 2025. Magdalena is set largely in New Mexico and explores the complexities of gender, queerness, trauma, and resilience.

Debutiful is honored to reveal Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think‘s cover, designed by Connie Amoroso, with art from Joel Becktell, along with a Q&A with Spulak about its creation.

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See the cover for Chitra Demands to Go Home by Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay

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See the cover for Chitra Demands to Go Home by Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay

In her debut novel, Chitra Demands to Go Home, debut novelist Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay explores mother-son relationships, cross-cultural conversations, and the tribulations of getting older. The titular character, Chitra, is a 75-year-old Bengali woman who feels trapped in an assisted living facility and yearns to return home.

Mukhopadhyay earned her Ph.D. in biochemistry and cellular and molecular biology and spent years in science communication before turning her attention to fiction. Now, her debut novel is set to be published by Modern Artist Press on May 12, 2026. It is available for pre-order now.

Debutiful is honored to reveal Chitra Demands to Go Home‘s cover, designed by Shreya Gupta, along with a Q&A with Mukhopadhyay and Gupta about its creation.

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See the cover for The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes by Tatiana Țîbuleac

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See the cover for The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes by Tatiana Țîbuleac

Tatiana Țîbuleac is an award-winning Moldovan-Romanian author whose novels have been translated into 17 languages. A former journalist and UNICEF staffer, she now lives in Paris. Her latest book, The Summer My Mother Had Green Eyes, was translated from Romanian by Monica Cure, a Romanian-American writer, translator, and two-time Fulbright recipient and winner of the 2023 Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize.

This novel, which will be published by Deep Vellum on January 13, 2026, traces Aleksy’s return to the pivotal summer he spent with his mother in rural France, when her revelation of a terminal illness forced them to confront old grief and unspoken tensions. Fourteen years later, through memory and therapy, he revisits those months of fragile reconciliation. Intimate and tender, it explores family, loss, and the difficult work of forgiveness.

Debutiful is honored to reveal the cover, featuring a painting by Cecilia Omara and design by Jen Blair, along with a Q&A with Țîbuleac and Cure about its creation.

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See the cover for Woodwind Harmony in the Nighttime by Reza Ghassemi

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See the cover for Woodwind Harmony in the Nighttime by Reza Ghassemi

Reza Ghassemi’s debut novel, Woodwind Harmony in the Nighttime, was first published in 1996 and went on to win several literary awards in its original Persian. Now, Deep Vellum is publishing it in English for the first time. Michelle Quay, who co-edited Routledge Handbook of Persian Literary Translation, was tasked with translating the novel from Persian.

Coming out on March 17, 2026, the book is about an Iranian exile in 1990s Paris whose live unravels into a surreal mystery. The book is now available for pre-order.

Debutiful is honored to reveal the cover, designed by Elisha Zepeda, along with a Q&A with Michelle Quay about how the American cover of this Persian classic came to be.

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See the cover for Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie

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See the cover for Bring the House Down by Charlotte Runcie

Charlotte Runcie has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Times, and The Guardian and she was longlisted for the Lucy Cavendish Fiction Prize in 2023 and was a Foyle Young Poet of the Year.

Her debut novel Bring the House Down, set to publish on July 8, 2025, follows a theater critic at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe pens a scathing one-star review of a struggling actress with whom he had a one-night stand. Claire Lombardo calls it a “sharp-witted, wise, and authentic–what a fierce, fantastically funny read.”

Debutiful is pleased to reveal the cover, designed by Oliver Munday, of Runcie’s debut alongside a Q&A with the writer to get a behind-the-scenes look at how the cover came to be.

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See the Cover for The Sleeping Land by Ella Alexander

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See the Cover for The Sleeping Land by Ella Alexander

Ella Alexander’s debut novel The Sleeping Land takes place in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union where a group of archeology students and their enigmatic professor are set to dig in a remote Siberian cave. Using a thrilling mystery as its backdrop, The Sleeping Land explores how the past still haunts us and can shape our future when we least expect it.

Alexander, who has had her work featured in LongReads and HuffPost, lives in Berlin and is originally from Los Angeles.  Her debut novel is available for pre-order and will be published on February 4, 2025, from Unnamed Press.

Debutiful is proud to give readers a first look at the haunting cover for The Sleeping Land, designed by Jaya Nicely. See the cover below and get a behind-the-scenes look at how it was made from the author herself.

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See the cover of Maya & Natasha by Elyse Durham

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See the cover of Maya & Natasha by Elyse Durham

In her debut novel Maya & Natasha, Elyse Durham follows the titular characters as they navigate the politics of Soviet era ballet while balancing their complicated relationship. The twins compete to make each other better while also wanting to outshine the other throughout their lives. When their Soviet ballet company goes on tour in America during the Cold War, their relationship is tested more than ever before as they must grapple with loyalty to their country, dreams of freedom, and their bond with each other.

An alum of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College, Durham has published work in Cimarron Review, Image Journal, and the Cincinnati Review. Durhan has also held residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, the Glen Arbor Arts Center, and The Mount. Her debut novel is available for pre-order and will be published on February 18, 2025, from Mariner Books.

Debutiful is proud to give readers a first look at Maya & Natasha‘s beautiful cover, designed by the brilliant Mumtaz Mustafa. See the cover below and get a behind-the-scenes look at how the cover came to be with a short Q&A with author Elysa Durham.

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See the cover of Obligations to the Wounded by Mubanga Kalimamukwento

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The 2024 Winner of the Drue Heinz Literature Prize was awarded to Mubanga Kalimamukwento for her short story collection Obligations to the Wounded. The collection explores womanhood in contemporary Zambia and was selected by Angie Cruz, author of How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water, to win the prize.

Of the collection, Cruz stated, ““These thematically linked stories deliver an intricate study of Zambian women living in both Zambia and abroad who are weighing their options of who to love, where to live, where to work. The author, with a poet’s restraint, has written stories that deftly negotiate the challenges and tribulations women face when they feel the pressure and duty to yield to the will of family, community, customs, country, and spiritual beliefs. Obligations to the Wounded graceful, touching and generous collection.”

The twelve-story collection, narrated by different Zambian women, comes out from the University of Pittsburgh Press on October 8, 2024. You can pre-order the book now.

See the cover of Obligations to the Wounded, designed by Alex Wolfe, below along with a brief Q&A with Kalimamukwento about how the cover came to be!

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