New Author Quotes

I'm reading 'Ten Storey Love Song' by Richard Milward. I read his first novel, 'Apples,' after hearing a reading of his in the Hague. I really enjoyed it, so I've started this one.

The Chicago Way is a wonderful first novel. Michael Harvey has studied the masters and put his own unique touch on the crime novel. This book harkens the arrival of a major new voice.

An astonishing debut. Brilliantly conceived, masterfully written, Stuart Neville’s THE TWELVE is both a heart-pounding thriller and a stunning examination of responsibility and revenge. He is going to be a major new voice in suspense fiction.

It's hard for a newbie author to get noticed.

Téa Obreht is the most thrilling literary discovery in years

When I was publishing my first books, the previous generation of authors was fading away, so I was welcomed because I was a new author.

A person might see that I've blurbed a certain book and decide they want nothing to do with it! Like, 'If that reprobate Toews likes it, forget it!' So, it's a crapshoot. But it feels good to be able to praise a book that I love or that has been written by a new writer.

I get and read an enormous number of first novels.

In the summer of '80, Silhouette bought my first book.

I discovered the writing of Kirsty Eagar and was blown away. Everyone needs to read her now.

Braxton Cosby's stories feel personal and well thought-out. I'm happy to welcome this entertaining writer to the YA science fiction field. I look forward to more of his work!

I'm not expecting the American literary community to welcome me with open arms. To them I'm just some schmuck kid who wrote some book.