debut novels

The Center for Fiction First Novel Prize has announced its 2024 longlist.

 
By Brittany Allen  August 1, 2024
The Hub

Belle & Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch is publishing a novel.

By Emily Temple  September 14, 2023
The Hub

Woody Allen is retiring from
filmmaking . . . to work on his novel.

By Emily Temple  September 19, 2022
This is a Quiz

Can You Guess These Famous Writers Based on Their Very First Author Bios?

By Emily Temple  October 20, 2021
On Writing

The Ambiguous Loss of (Probably) Not Selling My Novel

By Danielle Lazarin  September 2, 2021
Debut Authors

How I (Barely) Survived the Abject Failure of My Much Hyped Debut Novel

By David Hollander  March 10, 2021
The Hub

Quentin Tarantino is publishing a novel based on . . . his own movie.

By Emily Temple  November 17, 2020
The Best of the Decade

The 10 Best Debut Novels of the Decade

By Emily Temple  December 23, 2019
Debut Novels

A Novel at the Edge of the World: In Conversation with Julia Phillips

By Brian Gresko  November 19, 2019
You're Reading Wrong

10 Debut Novels Nobody Reads Anymore—But Should

By Emily Temple  August 12, 2019
Conversations

Maurice Ruffin, First (Literary) Citizen of New Orleans

By Jami Attenberg  January 23, 2019
Essay

When Fatherhood and Your Debut Novel Coincide

By Kristopher Jansma  June 15, 2018
Food

How Pickles Help Me Survive the Horrible, Wonderful Life of a Writer

By Danya Kukafka  August 11, 2017
Writer's block

How to Turn Your Debut Novel In 13 Years Late

By Gabe Hudson  July 13, 2017
Feature

Two Decades of Reading Beside the Woman I Love

By Matthew Sullivan  June 16, 2017
Conversations

Jessie Chaffee on Saints, Sinners, and Surviving Your Twenties

By Bethanne Patrick  June 7, 2017
What to Read

10 Debut Novels That Are Also Their Authors’ Masterpieces

By Emily Temple  April 12, 2017
Dear aspiring writer

How I Learned to Stop Worrying About the Market and Just Write

By Peternelle van Arsdale  March 2, 2017
Conversations

What Was the First Book You Fell in Love With?

By Literary Hub  December 2, 2016
Conversations

Brit Bennett on Place, Isolation, and What it Means to Be Good

By Gabrielle Bellot  October 14, 2016
Feature

The Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day I Woke Up As a Debut Author

By Jade Sharma  August 4, 2016
Daily practice

On the Pleasures of Plot, and Writing a Bestseller

By Brian Gresko  May 27, 2016
Conversations

On Race, Research, and the High-Stakes Choices of the Debut Novelist

By Literary Hub  March 24, 2016
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