Each month, Debutiful will recommend a handful of buzzworthy and under-the-radar debut books for you to read.
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Dennis E. Staples explores everything from love to murder in ‘This Town Sleeps’
Dennis E. Staples is an Ojibwe writer from northern Minnesota whose debut book is about two Ojibwe men from northern Minnesota. Don’t let that simple fact let you think this is some sort of vieled biography of his life.
Continue reading “Dennis E. Staples explores everything from love to murder in ‘This Town Sleeps’”Catching up with ‘Wyoming’ author JP Gritton
JP Gritton‘s 2019 debut Wyoming was called “an affecting, richly drawn, darkly humorous novel about grifting siblings, one worse than the other” by Kirkus, where it was named on of the year’s best debut novels.
Continue reading “Catching up with ‘Wyoming’ author JP Gritton”‘Disappearing Earth’ author Julia Phillips reflects on her debut year, award shortlists, and what’s next
National Book Award finalist Julia Phillips spent nearly three years writing her debut Disappearing Earth and even lived in the remote Russian village where the book is set. The debut was an instant hit when it was published in May and continued to gain momentum all the way into award season.
She is now a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and the Center for Fiction’s First Novel Prize. Additionally. she is on the longlist for the Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence in Fiction & Nonfiction. The finalists will be announced early in November.
I wanted to catch up with Phillips about everything that has unfolded since her debut was published and what’s next.
Continue reading “‘Disappearing Earth’ author Julia Phillips reflects on her debut year, award shortlists, and what’s next”Patrick Coleman’s ‘The Churchgoer’ is a modern noir that reshapes the genre
The Churchgoer by Patrick Coleman is an engrossing noir that tackles religion, faith, and morality. Set in Southern California during the early-2000s, it follows a former Evangelical pastor turned blue-collar worker and surfer. His world gets turned upside-down when his coworker is murdered and a new woman in his life go missing on the same night.
Continue reading “Patrick Coleman’s ‘The Churchgoer’ is a modern noir that reshapes the genre”Angie Kim on creating the marvelous and mysterious ‘Miracle Creek’
Angie Kim‘s journey from a young Korean girl to a trial lawyer in America is already a story worth exploring. Then she shifted gears and wrote one one of this year’s best debuts, Miracle Creek.
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Each month, I will pick a handful of buzzworthy and under the radar debut books I feel you’ll enjoy.
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