2013 DAC

This is the third year of The Qwillery's Debut Author Challenge (DAC or Challenge). Again this year many of the 2013 Debut Authors will be writing guest blogs either before or after publication.  Near the publication date, each of the 2013 Debut Authors will be interviewed. Debut Authors' novels 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 or books you will be reading in the comments to the post if you'd like.


What is a Debut for purposes of the Challenge?

• The novel must be a full length adult fiction novel. For the purpose of determining a debut, the United States publication date is used. The copyright date or non-US publication date will not be used.
• If the author has written YA or MG fiction, her or his first full length adult fiction novel will be a debut for the purposes of the Challenge. 
• If the author has written non-fiction and this is the first full length adult fiction novel, it will be a debut for purposes of the Challenge.
• If a full length adult fiction novel previously has been published outside of the United States, but it is being published for the first time in the United States, it will qualify as a debut for purposes of the Challenge.
• If the author has only written novels that are part of an established series or canon, his or her first original full length adult fiction novel will qualify as a debut for purposes of the Challenge.
• A point of clarification - at this time and for the foreseeable future, self-published novels are not eligible to be featured in the Challenge.

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.

The object of the 2013 Debut Author Challenge is for participants to read at least 12 debut novels published during 2013 - one from each month of the year though you may read them anytime between January 1, 2013 and January 15, 2014.

Everyone who reads at least 12 novels (1 from each month) will have her/his name thrown into a drawing for a US$100 gift certificate to an online bookstore to be determined by The Qwillery. If you are going to participate you can leave a comment below, at the 2013 Debut Author Challenge post here or by emailing 2013DAC @ gmail.com.

Happy Reading!




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See the January Debut Author list at this post.

See the February Debut Author list at this post.

See the March Debut Author list at this post.

See the April Debut Author list at this post.



2013 Debut Author Visits as of April 27, 2013:

The following Debut Authors will be visiting The Qwillery during late 2012 and during 2013. Please note that they are listed in author alphabetical order, not guest post, interview or release date order.

AUTHOR	TITLE (release month)	SERIES Guest Blog Date Interview Date
Brooklyn Ann	Bite Me, Your Grace (April)
Alan Averill	The Beautiful Land (June)
Kait Ballenger (Adult Debut)	Twilight Hunter (September)	Execution Underground
Mark T. Barnes	The Garden of Stones (May)	Echoes of Empire
Clifford Beal	Gideon's Angel (February)	March 15, 2013
R.S. Belcher	The Six-Gun Tarot (January)	January 21, 2013
Amanda Brooke (US Debut)	Yesterday's Sun (February)	February 11, 2013
M. L. Brennan	Generation V (May)	April 9, 2013
Wesley Chu	The Lives of Tao (April)	April 1, 2013
Cassandra Rose Clarke (Adult Debut)	The Mad Scientist's Daughter (January)	December 28, 2012 January 28, 2013
Ariel Djanikian	The Office of Mercy (February)	February 23, 2013
Betsy Dornbusch	Exile (February)	Seven Eyes February 5, 2013
Geoffrey Girard	Cain's Blood (September)
Geoffrey Gudgion	Saxon's Bane (August)
Peter Higgins	Wolfhound Century (March)	February 26, 2013 March 26, 2013
Jason M. Hough	The Darwin Elevator (July)	The Dire Earth Cycle
E.B. Hudspeth	The Resurrectionist (May)
Zachary Jernigan	No Return (March)	February 9, 2013 March 9, 2013
Stephen P. Kiernan (Fiction Debut)	The Curiosity (July)
Francis Knight	Fade to Black (February)	Rojan Dizon January 30, 2013 February 25, 2013
Mur Lafferty	The Shambling Guide to New York City (May)	The Shambling Guides
Ann Leckie	Ancillary Justice (October)
Rita Leganski	The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow (February)	February 20, 2013
Evie Manieri (US Debut)	Blood's Pride (February)	Shattered Kingdoms January 29, 2013 February 21, 2013
John Mantooth	The Year of the Storm (June)
Michael Martinez	The Daedulus Incident (May)
Brian McClellan	Promise of Blood (April)	The Powder Mage Trilogy March 18, 2013
Jason Mott	The Returned (September)
Jaime Lee Moyer	Delia's Shadow (September)
Suzanne Palmieri	The Witch of Little Italy (March)	February 27, 2013 March 27, 2013
Joshua Alan Parry	Virus Thirteen (March)	February 22, 2013 March 20, 2013
Gillian Philip (US Debut)	Firebrand (February) Winner Feb. Cover Wars	Rebel Angels January 23, 2013 February 19, 2013
Sean Pidgeon	Finding Camlann (January)	December 12, 2012 January 15, 2013
M.C. Planck	The Kassa Gambit (January)	December 10, 2012 January 7, 2013
Jay Posey	Three (July)
Richard Ellis  Preston, Jr.	Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders (July)	The Chronicles of the Pneumatic Zeppelin
Amy Raby	Assassin's Gambit  (April)	Hearts and Thrones March 4, 2013 April 2, 2013
Peter Rawlik	The Reanimators (June)
Bee Ridgway	The River of No Return (April)	March 21, 2013
Rhonda Riley	The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope (April)
Robin Riopelle	Dead Roads (TBA)	March 12, 2013
Anthony Ryan	Blood Song (July)	Raven's Shadow
Sofia Samatar	A Stranger in Olondria (April)	April 16, 2013
Kerry Schafer	Between (January)	The Books of the Between February 4, 2013
V.E. Schwab (Adult Debut)	Viscious (September)
Liesel Schwarz	A Conspiracy of Alchemists (March)	Chronicles of Light and Shadow March 8, 2013
Jason Sheehan	A Private Little War (June)
Lori Sjoberg	Grave Intentions (January) Winner January Cover Wars	January 3, 2013 February 7, 2013
Chandler Klang Smith	Goldenland Past Dark (March)	March 29, 2013 April 11, 2013
Peter Stenson	Fiend (July)
Menna van Praag	The House at the End of Hope Street (April)	March 19, 2013 April 10, 2013
Danie Ware	Ecko Rising (June)
Helene Wecker	The Golem and the Jinni (April)	March 23, 2013