Sentences with phrase «debut authors about»

Whether you're a debut author about to launch a book (congrats!)

Not exact matches

* The UK's biggest selling debut cookery author of all time * (Nielsen) * Featured in the Top 10 Influential British Foodies 2016 * (The Grocer) The food writer everyone is talking about!

Stanford student and author Kiley Roache comes to Kepler's to talk about her debut novel, Frat Girl, that centers around fraternity life, feminism, and finding your own truth.

GP - write debuted prematurely in May 2016, when an invitation - only meeting at Harvard became public and sparked a media firestorm about the lack of transparency for an initiative that to some people sounded like a plan to create genetically enhanced humans — the leaders say it isn't, although Church wasn't shy when musing about designer humans in a 2012 book he authored.

I'm excited about this new author, too — it's her debut novel.

That's the tag for the new IFC Films release about Frankenstein author Mary Shelley's tumultuous life, which has a May 25 theatrical debut in New York and Los Angeles after bowing at the Toronto Film Festival and with a Tribeca Film Festival screening coming.

Chris is the author of the book «A Bad Idea I'm About to Do» and his first stand - up album («My Comedy Album») debuted at # 2 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart in 2014.

Horror author Barker made an auspicious debut as a director with this bloody shocker about a violent con artist who cheats death in gruesome fashion.

author Peter Hedges knows dysfunction and lavishes it lovingly in his directing debut, a rousing comic drama about a black - sheep daughter searching for an oven so she can cook Thanksgiving dinner for her estranged family, including her dying mom.

Following the debut of the impressive first trailer for T2: Trainspotting this past week, the book's original author, Irvine Welsh, has been talking about...

Wayne Blair)-- World Premiere Adrien Brody and Salma Hayek star in this adaptation of the critically acclaimed debut novel by Iranian American author Dalia Sofer, about a secular Jewish family caught up in the maelstrom of the 1979 Iranian Revolution.

A24 has debuted the first trailer for The Vanishing of Sidney Hall, the new mystery from Shawn Christensen (director of the Acadamy Awarding winning short Curfew) about a mysterious set of arson crimes connected to the books written by a missing author.

Yes, I've heard so many stories of authors thinking the way to success is a huge, buzzed - about debut, and something about that idea always felt «off» to me.

Recently, our author Sara Schaff's debut short fiction collection Say Something Nice About Me was included as a finalist for the Council of Literary Magazines and Presses Firecracker Awards.

A searing debut novel from the award - winning author of You Know When the Men are Gone, about jealousy, the unpredictable path of friendship, and the secrets kept in marriage, all set within the U.S. expat community of the Middle East during the rise of the Arab Spring.

The author, whose 2007 debut, Special Topics In Calamity Physics was structured around a syllabus for a college literature course, switches focus to a different art form in a literary thriller about a reclusive movie director.

Third, you share a wealth of applicable information for a person who's debuting this spring as a self - published author (or even one who's not, but I'm the former, and, as you wrote — although not in these words — I care about me).

But, after she left the podium (to widespread applause), what likely lingered in many minds is the candid picture she'd painted of one of publishing's growing digital nightmares: debut authors may be understanding about the slow process to market and put up with it, said Smart, «but as they build reader communities around them they will get really, really pissed off and go and self - publish.»

My editor and my formatter both contacted me this weekend about my rankings and sales and stated they had never before seen a new Indie author with their debut book break into the top 500 sales on Kindle.

I'm chatting with S.A. Larsen about writing, publishing, and whether or not a debut author needs a platform.

From O. Henry Prize — winning author Emily Ruskovich comes a stunning debut novel about love and forgiveness, about the violence of memory and the equal violence of its loss.

It is a novel that more than satisfies the promise of the author's debut, Light of Day, about which the Indianapolis Star said, «Saul's ability to create deep and interesting characters is a strength that no doubt will surface time and again in future works,» and prompted Bookreporter.com to praise Saul's «sensitivity and rare understanding of the human psyche.»

Debut author Michael Hiebert talks about the inspiration for his coming - of - age mystery, Dream with Little Angels, the story of mom Leah Teal, a widowed police officer, as she investigates the disappearances of children in Alvin, Alabama — all told by her 11 - year - old son, Abe.

Even formerly traditionally published authors like US President Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis have told Good e-Reader that doors closed to them once their self - published titles came along, specifically in review and interview opportunities; Davis even recounted how she appeared on NPR to promote one title, but when she reached out to that same program about her debut indie title, she was told there was a policy in place against self - published works.

Last year, the company debuted its free BookPromo platform that helps authors share the news about their titles, garner reviews, take advantage of press release distribution, and more.

We are a small team of dedicated literary professionals and we care passionately about every book that we produce whether it's a brilliant debut novel by a new talent or a promising bestseller by a firmly established author

In my post about book pirates and plagiarism, I mentioned that book bloggers and reviewers are now more wary of debut authors, especially those who are self - published.

Last year we spoke with author Natalie Barelli about striking a big item off her bucket list: writing and publishing her debut novel, Until I Met Her.

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Ultimately, some of the panelists come to the agreement that about $ 4.99 is an appropriate price for a debut author or a backlist title, while bestsellers inherently can be priced higher.

There was a lot of buzzing about the Newbery and Caldecott winners this week, especially because 2011 was the first year both awards went to a debut author or illustrator (not to mention the snub on The Today Show).

Every reader loves a book about books, and Swedish author Bivald's warm and uplifting debut, which pubbed in January, has become a word - of - mouth hit.

So goes a classic pickup line from Nathaniel (Nate) Piven, an up - and - coming literary star in Brooklyn whose relationships populate Adelle Waldman's The Love Affairs of Nathaniel P. Reminiscent of classic realist novels from authors like Graham Greene or Henry James, this delightful debut jumps headfirst into the mind of one man, revealing what he really thinks about women, dating and success.

We chatted with debut author Lillian Marek over email about her first novel, the Victorian romance Lady Elinor's Wicked Adventures (on sale November 4).

Under the Udala Trees By Chinelo Okparanta Mariner • $ 14.95 • ISBN 9780544811799 One of Granta's New Voices in 2012 and author of a prize - winning short story collection, Okparanta received the 2016 Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction for this striking debut novel about a Nigerian girl's coming of age.

«But there is a strong roster of books that are likely to catch fire in 2018, including former U.S. President Bill Clinton penning a White House thriller with bestselling author James Patterson, a haunting debut from a senior publishing executive, and one of the most - watched novelists in America, Meg Wolitzer of The Interestings, with a timely story about womanhood, power, and ambition.»

The Great American Whatever by Tim Federle (Simon & Schuster, 3/29) Better Nate Than Never author Federle makes his YA debut with another story about a youngster who dreams of having his name in lights.

Strout went on to win the Pulitzer Prize with her third book, Olive Kitteridge, but her debut, a sensitive story about mothers and daughters, marked her as an author to watch.

Czech - American author Jaroslav Kalfar, who moved to the US as a teen and reportedly learned to speak English by watching Cartoon Network, has been touted by Hachette CEO Michael Pietsch as a Shteyngart-esque talent — and his debut novel about a Czech astronaut who befriends an «imaginary giant alien spider» en route to Venus certainly sounds imaginative enough to live up to the comparison.

The stunning debut novel from bestselling author Bill Clegg is a magnificently powerful story about a circle of people who find solace in the least likely of places as they cope with a horrific tragedy.

Award - winning Canadian author Kathleen Winter's Annabel is a stunning debut novel about the family of a mixed - gendered child born into a rural hunting community in the 1960s.

We all have our theories about why things work out the way they do, but Israeli author Blum's debut poses an intriguing alternative: What if people employed by a supernatural organization were in charge of orchestrating so - called coincidences?

-- Clyde EdgertonIn his phenomenal debut novel — a mesmerizing literary thriller about the bond between two brothers and the evil they face in a small North Carolina town — author Wiley Cash displays a remarkable talent for lyrical, powerfully emotional storytelling.

Kit de Waal's striking debut, My Name is Leon, has inspired this big, long, complicated question: Have you ever read a book about a character that is very unlike you, yet the author has succeeded in making him so relatable that once you've seen the world through his eyes you will never look at it the same way again?

From the author of the acclaimed and bestselling debut novel «Warchild» comesa new action - packed adventure about a young man's journey into adulthood amidinterstellar war.

Now that you have two snapshots I'm wondering if you found any meaningful data about pricing, units, and revenue for debut vs established authors.

BookBrowse readers are very excited about Letters to the Lost by debut author Iona Grey.

There's just something about brand new literary debuts that I love: getting to know a writer at the start of their career, enjoying the fresh voice of a brand new talent, getting to be one of the first people to tell my fellow book loving friends about the new author they just have to check out.

Author Kristen Lamb blogged about the five mistakes killing self - published authors Livia Blackburne did a comparison between her debut indie title and her debut traditional title.

In a Q&A with BookPage, debut author Shelle Sumners talks about the process of «growing» her characters and shares her thoughts on the original soundtrack to Grace Grows, recorded by her husband.