Sentences with phrase «best debut novel»

Her debut novel, The Butterfly and the Violin, was named to Library Journal's Best Books of 2014 and nominated for RT Book Reviews» Choice Awards Best Inspirational Novel of 2014 and for the 2015 INSPY Awards for Best Debut Novel.

What's the best debut novel you read last year?

It is arguably the best debut novel I have ever written.

John Rector is a prize - winning short story writer and author of the novels «The Grove,» published by AmazonEncore, and «The Cold Kiss,» which was named Best Debut Novel of 2010 by Suspense Magazine.

The First Novel Prize is awarded every year to the best debut novel published between January 1 and December 31 of the award year.

Every day in August, we'll be blogging about the best debut novels.

Editor's note: In BookPage, mystery columnist Bruce Tierney writes that The Poacher's Son is «easily one of the best debut novels in recent memory.»

As we settle into 2018, here are six of the best debut novels to read and discuss during the year.

A good debut novel can deliver a compelling story, well - formed characters, interesting dialogue and a solid thematic...

Add a new author to your reading list with one of our picks for the season's best debut novels, which take you from turn - of - the - century Korea to late 18th - century Britain to the contemporary U.S. Reviews will open in a new window.In This Way I Was Saved by Brian DeLeewHuge by James FuerstThe Calligrapher's Daughter...

Not exact matches

Girl Boss made its debut last month on Netflix and is based on the best selling novel of the same title which accounts the life of Sophia...

My debut novel, In Bitter Chill, was described by the Daily Mail as a «tense, well - told story of loss and family secrets».

When Jason Matthews's best - selling spy thriller novel Red Sparrow debuted in 2013, the CIA gave it a glowing review in an official statement, toasting the former agent - turned - author's ability to convey accurately the stomach - churning tension a spy feels when covering tracks to protect sources and win the war of intelligence.

In 2005, Schreiber made his feature directorial debut with EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED, which he also adapted from Jonathan Safran Foer's best - selling novel of the same name.

Based on the best selling debut novel from Steve Watson, BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP, takes that classic plot device of amnesia in order...

Entertainment Tonight has debuted a new trailer for director Derek Cianfrance's upcoming drama The Light Between Oceans which stars Michael Fassbender and Alicia Vikander; watch it below after the official synopsis... From acclaimed director Derek Cianfrance, (BLUE VALENTINE, A PLACE BEYOND THE PINES), and based on the extraordinary best - selling novel from M.L Stedman, THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, -LSB-...]

Hill has put together an impressive string of bestsellers since his debut novel, Heart - Shaped Box, which took home the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel in novel, Heart - Shaped Box, which took home the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel in Novel in 2007.

The first trailer has debuted for writer - director Adriana Trigiani's upcoming romantic comedy Big Stone Gap which stars Ashley Judd, Patrick Wilson and Whoopi Goldberg.Watch it below after the official synopsis... Based on her best - selling novel of the same name, writer / director Adriana Trigiani brings the story of a coal mining town nestled in the Appalachian Mountains -LSB-...]

Producer Matthew Vaughn's directing debut is a briskly paced, stylish and bracingly bitter adaptation of J.J. Connolly's novel about a sleek London cocaine dealer who doesn't understand his business as well as he thinks.

Other notable newly featured films include the better - than - you'd - expect noirish Nightmare Alley, a more than adequate adaptation of Virginia Woolf's difficult - to - film novel Mrs. Dalloway, Tommy Lee Jones's strong directorial debut The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, and the unjustly forgotten William Powell - led mystery The Kennel Murder Case.

Presented for your pre-minted approval: Joe Wright's costume follow - up to his costume debut Pride & Prejudice, another snooty literary adaptation of a well - regarded British novel likewise starring Keira Knightley, shot in the dappled, golden light of fantasy - novel cover art and housewife shower - nozzle daydreams.

Ewan McGregor shoots for the moon with his director debut, an adaptation of one of Philip Roth's best novels.

Snagging a nomination for best dramatic motion picture as well as nods for actors Timothee Chalamet and Armie Hammer, this coming - of - age movie centering around a teenager and an adult graduate student was based on 2007's «Call Me by Your Name,» the debut novel of Andre Aciman.

Despite Lawrence's best efforts, not to mention the obvious efforts of director Francis Lawrence, Red Sparrow collapses under the weight of screenwriter Justin Haythe's dull, uninspired adaptation of former CIA - agent - turned - author Jason Matthews» debut novel.

Despite Lawrence's best efforts, not to mention the obvious efforts of director Francis Lawrence (Hunger Games 2 - 4, I Am Legend, Constantine), Red Sparrow collapses under the weight of screenwriter Justin Haythe's (A Cure for Wellness, The Lone Ranger remake) dull, uninspired adaptation of former CIA - agent - turned - author Jason Matthews» debut novel.

Her debut novel, Mme Proust and the Kosher Kitchen, won the Commonwealth Writers» Prize for best first book (Canada / Caribbean region) and the Toronto Book Award in 2004.

Take a look at this new comic book series, debuting December 19, as well as the forward by Quentin Tarantino, where he rattles off some of his influences, and explains why he wanted to make a graphic novel out of the original, uncut screenplay.

Based on Michael Faber's acclaimed sci - fi novel, the film's premise is to good to pass up: supposedly existential in tone, the tale centers on an alien (intriguingly played by Scarlett Johansson, who will also be in Toronto with Joseph Gordon - Levitt's directorial debut «Don Jon») sent to earth on a mysterious mission to capture men.

Kill Your Friends is a new dark comedic thriller starring Nicholas Hoult and based on John Niven «s best - selling novel of the same name, and the first Kill Your Friends trailer has just arrived before the film's debut at the Toronto International Film Festival.

Beatrix Potter wrote around 30 novels, 24 of which were stories for children focused on talking animals, and she'll always be best known for her debut: The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Legendary Comics has debuted a variant cover for the first issue of its upcoming Pacific Rim comic book series Pacific Rim: Tales from the Drift, which has been created by Image Comics co-founder Whilce Portacio... Following the best - selling graphic novel Tales from Year Zero, Legendary takes you back to the front lines of a larger - than - life -LSB-...]

Award - winning writer / director John Butler (RTE's award winning sketch show Your Bad Self, debut novel The Tenderloin) makes his feature directing debut with this hilarious and touching comedy about male friendship — developed and co-written with actor / writer Peter McDonald (I Went Down, When Brendan Met Trudy), and produced by Rebecca O'Flanagan and Rob Walpole (The Good Man).

Complete List of NAACP Image Award Winners Film Categories Best Picture - «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Director - Gina Prince - Bythewood, «The Secret Life of Bees» Best Actor - Will Smith, «Seven Pounds» Best Actress - Rosario Dawson, «Seven Pounds Supporting Actor - Columbus Short, «Cadillac Records» Supporting Actress - Taraji P. Henson, «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Independent Film - «Slumdog Millionaire» Documentary - «The Black List» Foreign Film - «The Class» Best Screenplay - Jenny Lumet, «Rachel Getting Married» Television Categories Best Comedy Series - «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actor in a Comedy Series - LaVan Davis, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Actress in a Comedy Series - Tracee Ellis Ross, «Girlfriends» Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Lance Gross, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series - Keshia Knight Pulliam, «Tyler Perry's House of Payne» Best Dramatic Series - «Grey's Anatomy» Best Actor in a Dramatic Series - Hill Harper, «CSI: NY» Best Actress in a Dramatic Series - Chandra Wilson, «Grey's Anatomy» Supporting Actor in a Dramatic Series - Taye Diggs, «Private Practice» Supporting Actress in a Dramatic Series - Angela Bassett, «ER» Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - «A Raisin in The Sun» Best Actor in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Sean Combs, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actress in a Made - for - TV Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special - Phylicia Rashad, «A Raisin in the Sun» Best Actor in a Sopa Opera - Bryton McClure, «The Young and the Restless» Best Actress in a Sopa Opera - Debbi Morgan, «All My Children» Best Director in a Dramatic Series - Ernest Dickerson, «Lincoln Heights - The Day Before Tomorrow» Best Director in a Comedy Series - Kevin Sullivan, «30 Rock - MILF Island» Best Screenplay for a Dramatic Series - Shonda Rhimes, «Grey's Anatomy: Freedom Part 1 & 2» Best Screenplay for a Comedy Series - Erica D. Montolfo, «The Game: White Coats and White Lies» News / Information Series or Special - «In Conversation: Michelle Obama Interview» Talk Series - «The View» Reality Series - «American Idol 7» Variety Series or Special - «An Evening of Stars: Tribute to Smokey Robinson» Children's Program - «Dora The Explorer» Best Performance in a Children's Series or Special - Keke Palmer, «True Jackson» Music Categories Best Male Artist - Jamie Foxx Best Female Artist - Beyonce» Best New Artist - Jennifer Hudson Best Duo, Group or Collaboration - Jennifer Hudson, featuring Fantasia - «I'm His Only Woman» Best Jazz Artist - Natalie Cole - «Still Unforgettable» Best Gospel Artist - Mary Mary Best World Music Album - Cheryl Keyes - «Let Me Take You There» Best Music Video - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Song - «Yes We Can» - Will.i.am Best Album - Jennifer Hudson - «Jennifer Hudson» Literary Categories Fiction - «In the Night of the Heat: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel,» Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes Nonfiction - «Letter to My Daughter,» Maya Angelou Debut Author - «Barack, Race, and the Media: Drawing My Own Conclusion,» David Glenn Brown Biography / Autobiography - «The Legs are the Last to Go,» Diahann Carroll Instructional - «32 Ways to Be a Champion in Business,» Earvin «Magic» Johnson Poetry - «Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of «Poetry With a Beat»» Nikki Giovanni Children - «Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope,» Nikki Grimes (illustrator - Bryan Collier) Youth / Teens - «Letters to a Young Sister: Define Your Destiny,» Hill Harper

Britain's Crime Writers» Association is gearing up for another round of the Debut Dagger competition, its annual search for the best unpublished English - language crime fiction novel.

Hidden Shadows is a Winner in the Fiction category of the 2016 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement award; Winner 2016 Global Ebook Awards, Popular Literature Fiction; Short - Listed for the Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize; finalist for the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award; Honorable Mention, General Fiction, Eric Hoffer Award; Finalist, da Vinci Eye Award; Finalist, Debut category: WFWA (Women's Fiction Writers Association) Star Award Contest; Finalist, Literary Fiction, NIEA (National Indie Excellence Awards); Finalist for the Will Rogers Medallion Award in the Western Romance category; Finalist in the NERFA contest (National Excellence in Romance Fiction Awards), sponsored by First Coast Romance Writers, for «Novel with Romantic Elements;» Finalist in the Long Contemporary category for the Aspen Gold Reader's Choice Contest (Heart of Denver Romance Writers) and Top Ten finisher, Best Other Novel, Predators & Editors Readers» Poll 2015 as well as other awards and accolades.

Child of Fire, Harry Connolly's debut novel and the first in The Twenty Palaces series, was named to Publishers Weekly's Best 100 Novels of 2009.

Publishers Weekly compared her intense novels to Lisa Jackson, Lisa Gardner, and Tami Hoag, naming her debut novel NO ONE HEARD HER SCREAM as Best Books of 2008.

Kaui Hart Hemmings follows up her best - selling debut novel The Descendants — which was made into an award - winning movie starring George Clooney — with The Possibilities, a moving story of a mother struggling to come to terms with the accidental death of her 22 - year - old son.

The Son by Philipp Meyer Ecco • $ 27.99 • ISBN 9780062120397 On sale May 28, 2013 Philipp Meyer made his fiction debut with a bang: His very first novel, American Rust, was one of the most talked - about literary releases of 2009, earning him a place on The New Yorker «s Best 20 Writers Under 40 list.

My Sunshine Away By M.O. Walsh Putnam • $ 16 • ISBN 9780425278109 Named one of the best books of 2015 by NPR, Kirkus and Booklist, Walsh's impressive debut novel focuses on a Baton Rouge neighborhood in the summer of 1989, when a free - spirited young track star is raped one night after practice.

Hubbard's well - framed and exquisitely paced debut novel, set at an all - boys boarding school, is read with compassion and sincerity by Boyer, who voices a range of characters, including first - person narrator Alex, who witnesses his friend's drowning during a night of underage drinking.

She is the winner of PEN International's 2004/2005 David TK Wong Prize and in 2006, her debut novel Everything Good Will Come was awarded the inaugural Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa.

The hugely anticipated new novel by the author of The Secret History — a best - seller nationwide and around the world, and one of the most astonishing debuts in recent times — The Little Friend is even more transfixing and resonant.

- Allison Pearson, bestselling author of I Don't Know How She Does It, presenting the Lucy Cavendish Award «The Well is... a powerful novel for our anxious times, and an exciting debut.»

Set in Hawaii, Hemmings» page - turner of a debut novel is narrated by Matt King, a wealthy, well - connected attorney, who is the head of an unusual family.

The Sleepwalker's Guide to Dancing By Mira Jacob Random House • $ 16 • ISBN 9780812985061 Jacobs» darkly funny debut novel about an Indian - American family made several best books of the year lists when it was released in hardcover in 2014.

She's published several best - selling novels — her debut, P.S. I Love You [read our review], written when she was just 21, became a successful film — she created the ABC series «Samantha Who?»

Powers, whose debut novel, The Yellow Birds, is among the best works of fiction to come out of America's 21st - century wars, has penned a tragic tale of moral corruption set in Virginia.

Good Grief, the title of Lolly Winston's funny, bittersweet debut novel, may sound like an oxymoron.

Author David Morrell, who has been called «the father of the modern action novel,» may be best known as the creator of Rambo, the scarred American soldier who first appeared in Morrell's debut, First Blood.