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.

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See the January Debut Author list at this post.

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See the April Debut Author list at this post.

See the May Debut Author list at this post.

See the June Debut Author list at this post.

See the July Debut Author list at this post.

See the August Debut Author list at this post.

See the September Debut Author list at this post.

See the October Debut Author list at this post.

See the November Debut Author list at this post.

See the December Debut Author list at this post.





2013 Debut Author Visits as of December 10, 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.

AUTHORTITLE
(release month)
SERIES
Guest Blog Date
Interview Date
Brooklyn Ann
Bite Me, Your Grace
(April)

April 17, 2013
Alan Averill
The Beautiful Land
(June)

May 10, 2013
June 5, 2013
Kait Ballenger
(Adult Debut)

Twilight Hunter
(September)

Execution Underground
July 29, 2013
Emily Croy Barker
The Thinking Woman's Guide to Real Magic
(August)

August 4, 2013
Mark T. Barnes
The Garden of Stones
(May)

Echoes of Empire
May 22, 2013 
June 7, 2013
Clifford Beal
Gideon's Angel
(February)

March 15, 2013

R.S. Belcher
The Six-Gun Tarot
(January)

January 21, 2013
Matt Bell
In the House upon the 
Dirt Between the Lake 
and the Woods
(June)

June 18, 2013
Amanda Brooke
(US Debut)

Yesterday's Sun
(February)

February 11, 2013
M. L. Brennan
Generation V
(May)

April 9, 2013
May 8, 2013
J. Kathleen Cheney
The Golden City
(November)

November 5, 2013
December 5, 2013
Yangsze Choo
The Ghost Bride
(August)

August 8, 2013
Wesley Chu
The Lives of Tao
(April)

April 1, 2013
May 3, 2013
Cassandra Rose Clarke
(Adult Debut)

The Mad Scientist's Daughter
(January)

December 28, 2012
January 28, 2013
Sonja Condit
Starter House
(December)

December 13, 2013
Jan DeLima
Celtic Moon
(September)

Celtic Wolves
September 26, 2013
Ariel Djanikian
The Office of Mercy
(February)

February 23, 2013
Ian Doescher
William Shakespeare's
Star Wars
(July)

June 28, 2013
Betsy Dornbusch
Exile
(February)

Seven Eyes
February 5, 2013
K.M. Fawcett
Captive
(June)

The Survival Race
June 8, 2013
Geoffrey Girard
Cain's Blood
(September)

August 5, 2013
Geoffrey Gudgion
Saxon's Bane
(August)

July 26, 2013
September 2, 2013
Debbie Herbert
Siren's Secret
(November)

November 4, 2013
Peter Higgins
Wolfhound Century
(March)

February 26, 2013
March 26, 2013
Jason M. Hough
The Darwin Elevator
(July)

The Dire Earth Cycle
June 24, 2013
July 23, 2013
E.B. Hudspeth
The Resurrectionist
(May)

May 21, 2013
Elliott James
Charming
(September)

Pax Arcana
August 24, 2013 
September 24, 2013
Zachary Jernigan
No Return
(March)

February 9, 2013
March 9, 2013
Stephen P. Kiernan
(Fiction Debut)

The Curiosity
(July)

June 14, 2013
July 8, 2013
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
May 2, 2013 
May 30, 2013
K.B. Laugheed
The Spirit Keeper
(September)

September 20, 2013
October 21, 2013
Ann Leckie
Ancillary Justice
(October)

Imperial Radch
September 6, 2013 
October 1, 2013
Rita Leganski
The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow
(February)

February 20, 2013
Eric Lundgren
The Facades
(September)

September 27, 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)

May 7, 2013
June 3, 2013
Michael Martinez
The Daedulus Incident
(August)

July 14, 2013
August 15, 2013
Brian McClellan
Promise of Blood
(April)

The Powder Mage
Trilogy
March 18, 2013 
May 16, 2013
Libby McGugan
The Eidolon
(October 2013)

October 4, 2013
October 28, 2013
Laura Morrigan
Woof at the Door
(July)

A Call of the Wilde
Mystery
July 25, 2013
Jason Mott
The Returned
(September)

July 26, 2013
August 29, 2013
Jaime Lee Moyer
Delia's Shadow
(September)

August 14, 2013
September 17, 2013
Emma Newman
(Adult Debut)

Between Two Thorns
(February)

Split Worlds
May 4, 2013
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)

July 1, 2013
August 1, 2013
Richard Ellis 
Preston, Jr.

Romulus Buckle & the City of the Founders
(July)

The Chronicles of the
Pneumatic Zeppelin
June 6, 2013
July 6, 2013
Amy Raby
Assassin's Gambit
 (April)

Hearts and Thrones
March 4, 2013
April 2, 2013
Peter Rawlik
The Reanimators
(August)

August 7, 2013
September 10, 2013
Bee Ridgway
The River of No Return
(April)

March 21, 2013
April 24, 2013
Rhonda Riley
The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope
(April)

April 23, 2013
Robin Riopelle
Dead Roads
(2014)

March 12, 2013
Anthony Ryan
Blood Song
(July)

Raven's Shadow
July 2, 2013
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)

September 25, 2013
Liesel Schwarz
A Conspiracy of Alchemists
(March)

Chronicles of Light
and Shadow
March 8, 2013
Luke Scull
The Grim Company
(September)

Grim Company
September 3, 2013
Jason Sheehan
A Private Little War
(June)

July 9, 2013
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)

June 10, 2013
E.L. Tettensor
Darkwalker
(December)

Nicolas Lenoir
December 9, 2013
Thomas Van Essen
The Center of the World
(June)

June 4, 2013
July 10, 2013
Menna van Praag
The House at the End of Hope Street
(April)

March 19, 2013
April 10, 2013
Danie Ware
Ecko Rising
(June)

May 14, 2013
June 11, 2013
Helene Wecker
The Golem and the Jinni
(April)

March 23, 2013
Mark H. Williams
Sleepless Knights
(September)

November 15, 2013
December 12, 2013
Chris Willrich
The Scroll of Years
(September)

Gaunt and Bone
 August 21, 2013
September 11, 2013

9 comments:

  1. Signing up. It'll be the perfect compliment to the YA/MG debut author challenge I signed up for. Now I'll be able to keep up with the adult fiction titles coming out next year.

    My sign-up is here: http://overflowingbookshelves.com/2013-reading-challenges/

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  2. I will also be participating :) Here's my post: http://doingdeweydecimal.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/decision-time/

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    1. Thank you for including us in your reading challenges! And welcome.

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  3. Hey there! Last year I had the best intentions but never got started this year I am writing it down for all to see- I plan on reading at least one of the debut authors , if not more, a month- thanks for providing such a fun challenge and all the details- you make it so easy ;)

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    1. Welcome! I'm very excited for the 2013 Challenge!

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  4. I would love to join, but is international entries welcome? And since I mostly write my blog in my own languange (I'm from Indonesia, btw), ist it okay to write the review on Goodreads instead of blog?

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    1. Yes, it's international! You can just let me know via email what you've read and Goodreads is fine if you'd like to post a review!

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    2. Thank you! I had made the sign up post here (with list of book I plan to read) : http://renslittlecorner.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-qwillerys-debut-author-challenge.html

      Please count me in :)

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