Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Discover debut authors as they talk about their forthcoming books and writing inspiration. Courtesy of Library Journal.

Tochi Eze, This Kind of Trouble (Tiny Reparations Books: Penguin Random House)
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/740097/this-kind-of-trouble-by-tochi-eze
Lidija Hilje, Slanting Towards the Sea (Simon & Schuster)
Allison King, The Phoenix Pencil Company (William Morrow: HarperCollins)
Danie Shokoohi, Glass Girls (Gillian Flynn Books: Zando)
Emma Nanami Strenner, My Other Heart (Pamela Dorman Books: Penguin Random House)
penguinrandomhouse.com/books/743288/my-other-heart-by-emma-nanami-strenner
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