2024 Debut Authors
Authors debuting their trad pub novels in 2024.
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@sophieburnham.bsky.social
@sutherrose.bsky.social
Queer historical fiction author, pastry and theatre nerd. (she/her) My sapphic selkie wife reimagining A SWEET STING OF SALT is now available! 📍Mi'kma'ki/Nova Scotia
@gen-dimova.bsky.social
Author of FOUL DAYS and MONSTROUS NIGHTS 🐉 Archaeologist ⛏ Immigrant 🇧🇬🏴 (She/her)
@dhawkinsauthor.bsky.social
📚Author ⭐️Rep: Jenna Satterthwaite ✔️Agency: Storm Literary 🌈SO NOT MY TYPE out 1.6.25 💕 #sapphic rom-coms Storm Pub ☕️Fueled by love and caffeine danahawkins.com
@jesshgutierrez.bsky.social
Queer Arkansas writer navigating the world of pub. she/her. Rep: @draper_claire A PRODUCT OF GENETICS (AND DAY DRINKING) out now w/ @TinyRepBooks
@fayedelacour.bsky.social
Historical romance author - The Lady He Lost is out now. A Lady's Guide to London is coming April 15, 2025 Inclusive feminist, environmentalist (she/her) Newsletter: https://www.fayedelacour.com/newsletter
@susanjmorris.bsky.social
Author of STRANGE BEASTS and WAYWARD SOULS (March 2026), out from Hodderscape and Bindery Books. Bi. She/her. Rep: @jenazantian.bsky.social at Azantian Literary Agency
@katiehal16.bsky.social
THE TWICE -SOLD SOUL, available now! Author of fantasy, player of TTRPGS, adventure game designer, sometime podcaster, liberal snarker, mom, all around geek! she/her Rep: @benglishhh.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/katiehallahan
@cwroseauthor.bsky.social
Award-Winning Fantasy & Romance #author 🖋️ 🌑🌊MIDNIGHTSONG (TBD, 2025) ✨💫 OCEANSONG (Aug ‘24, Hey Hey Books) / Healthcare 💕 Bookworm 📚 INTP 🌊 Ocean Child 🐾 Dog Mom
@kesemmel.bsky.social
K.E. Semmel is a writer and translator and Dylan enthusiast. His debut novel, The Book of Losman, published in October 2024 (SFWP). kesemmel.com.
@kulwickiwrites.bsky.social
She/They 🏳️🌈 AT THE END OF THE RIVER STYX OUT NOW! Words @strangehorizons @fusionfragment Repped by Becca Langton linktr.ee/kulwickiwrites
@natalieleif.bsky.social
ᕦ( ᐕ )ᕡ I write novels, draw beans, and shelve library books for a living. Repped by Bibi Lewis & Holiday House. My YA Horror TAKE ALL OF US is out now!
@franceswrites.bsky.social
Sunday Times bestselling Author of VOYAGE OF THE DAMNED 🐟 THE BONE DOOR (2026)💀 Fantasy Writer 🪶 History nerd 📚 Cosplayer 🪡 She/Her 🏳️🌈
@zoebossiere.bsky.social
Writer | Managing Editor at brevitymag.com | CACTUS COUNTRY: A BOYHOOD MEMOIR out now from Abrams Books | Indies Introduce & Indie NEXT | rep’d by @frecklywench.bsky.social | they/she 🏳️⚧️🏜 | https://linktr.ee/zoebossiere | zoebossiere.com
@thebuffwriter.bsky.social
Author of Such Lovely Skin (out now!) The Mean Ones (fall 2025) Weightlifter Gamer MFA from University of Iowa
@maigadoocy.bsky.social
SORCERY & SMALL MAGICS (Orbit, 2024) | SFF writer | 🏳️🌈 | rep: Allegra Martschenko
@ph-low.com
THESE DEATHLESS SHORES (Orbit US/Angry Robot UK) • 🇲🇾🇺🇸🏳️🌈 (they/them) • Rhysling & Locus noms • words in Strange Horizons, Reactor, Fantasy &c. • #PW21 • #VP2019 • linktr.ee/lowph
@kmenright.bsky.social
Writer of gothic fantasy. Fil-Am. Repped by Azantian Literary. Sunday Times Bestselling author of MISTRESS OF LIES (Orbit, 2024). He/Him. 🏳️⚧️
@paulagleeson.bsky.social
🇦🇺 Author/Screenwriter. ORIGINAL TWIN out now. BONEY CREEK out June 2025. Repped by Gwen Beal @UTA. Strict pizzatarian. https://linktr.ee/paulagleeson
@transhorrors.bsky.social
(it/he) the transgender horror historian. 'OLD WOUNDS' out now!
@karissachen.bsky.social
Author of HOMESEEKING, coming Jan 7, 2025. Repped by Michelle Brower at Trellis Lit. EIC of Hyphen.
@averyamesauthor.bsky.social
Author of THE LONGEST AUTUMN, 2024, Flatiron Books. Co-host of the "and it's writing" podcast. Self-pubbed books under Avery Ames. She/her.
@savvycarlisle.bsky.social
💕Author of beachy romance books 💌The Library of Second Chances 🎶The Summer of Starting Over
@bschillace.brandyschillace.com
Author+Historian 🧪🗃️, Mystery Novelist, Host of Peculiar Book Club, as seen on THE UNBELIEVABLE. Nonfiction: THE INTERMEDIARIES #trans rights history. Latest mystery: FRAMED WOMEN OF ARDEMORE HOUSE. @SciAm @WSJ @wired #ActuallyAutistic #NB she/her
@brightflame.bsky.social
I write, teach, make magic for bright futures. My feminist Witchy #solarpunk novel: THE WORKING! Short #CliFi in noted anthologies & mags. #SFF #WritingCommunity #SpecLit #ClimateFictionWritersLeague @bsfwriters #SFWA #Witch #justice brightflame.com
@keshewrites.bsky.social
She/her. Author of THE GIRL WITH NO REFLECTION (Delacorte/PRH 2024). VPLA unpublished manuscript prize winner 2022. Certified cat lady.
@samtasticbooks.com
Nebula, Locus, Sturgeon winner | Codexian | Archivist | Repped by Lisa Rodgers | THE WINGS UPON HER BACK, Compton Crook winner, out now!! (she/her) www.samtasticbooks.com Newsletter at https://subscribepage.io/samtasticnews
@wordsiren.bsky.social
2025 Lodestar (Hugo) Award Finalist. Bestselling author of SO LET THEM BURN (2024), THIS ENDS IN EMBERS (2025), AN ARCANE INHERITANCE (2026), & WICKED ENDEAVORS (2026) | she/her 🇯🇲
@thatlaurajmayo.bsky.social
Fantasy Author. How to Summon a Fairy Godmother OUT NOW! from Orbit Works! Rep: Weaver Literary Agency https://linktr.ee/thatlaurajmayo
@jaqevans.com
Horror and spec fic author, digital stuff at 350.org. WHAT GROWS IN THE DARK (MIRA/HarperCollins). none / she / they. jaqevans.com
@mkpagano.bsky.social
Author of YA Thrillers GIRLS WHO BURN out NOW from Penguin Teen and Hachette UK francophile, bookworm, mama. Rep: Barbara Poelle she/her
@maressakate.bsky.social
WHEN SHADOWS GROW TALL, out now w/ Roundfire Books Writer | Free Agent | Seasonal fruit enthusiast | Seed saver | Liminal Zone Lover THE INSTRUCTIONS ARE EXPLICIT out now in Trollbreath Magazine’s Dec. ‘24 Issue https://linktr.ee/maressavoss
@carlaconti.bsky.social
My #TrueCrime #Memoir CHAINED BIRDS about a wrongful conviction, inmate abuse, and prison gang hit orders is out now with WildBlue Press. More info, including extra stories and photos/artwork not in the book, can be found on my blog, carlajeanconti.com
@lisatirrenoauthor.bsky.social
Australian author: PRINCE OF FORTUNE out now with S&S. Represented by Jim McCarthy at DGB 🌈 she/her. https://linktr.ee/lisatirrenoauthor
@megvondriska.bsky.social
i've been told i'm funny author of A TALE OF TWO TITTIES currently writing a revenge-filled fantasy novel
@amrsalehduat.com
🇪🇬 🇩🇪 Fantasy author. History enthusiast and travel addict. Video Games ARE art. Author of the YA fantasy novel „Treasures of Egypt“ AVAILABLE NOW!! 🔗 bio.site/amrsalehduat
@julieleong.bsky.social
USA Today, Sunday Times, and Indie Bestselling Author of THE TELLER OF SMALL FORTUNES, out now // chinese-malaysian american // repped by Paul Lucas // she/her https://linktr.ee/julieleongbooks
@mzmauthor.bsky.social
You won't live forever, but your words might! MISTRESS OF BONES - Out 2025! Repped by Dorian Moffei. She/Her mariazmedina.com https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/61220759-mistress-of-bones
@jadamswrites.bsky.social
agatha award-nominated novelist, school librarian, & believer in happily ever afters. 💀 A DEADLY ENDEAVOR (out now!) 🍸 A POISONOUS SILENCE (5.6.25, @crookedlanebooks.bsky.social) Rep: @kissedbyink.bsky.social https://linktr.ee/jadamswrites
@gabriellabuba.bsky.social
SAINTS OF STORM AND SORROW out now! DAUGHTERS OF FLOOD AND FURY- July 2025 Author and chemical engineer keeping things riding the explosive limit. I write anti-colonial filipino epic fantasy 🇵🇭🇨🇿🇺🇲🏳️🌈 rep Ramona Pina
@karenyin.bsky.social
Writer by day, in bed by night. I am #ConsciousStyleGuide. Buy my books already! KarenYin.com/books LLF & CAC Fellow | ACES Robinson Prize Winner | Represented by Laurie Abkemeier, DeFiore & Company 🌈 she/ta/they
@rsagarcia.bsky.social
Sturgeon & Nebula Award winning SpecFic author. MIFRE Media Award Winner. Locus, Ignyte, Eugie Foster Finalist. Codex/SFWA. She/Her. Banner: Andy Dudak THE NIGHTWARD Out Now! Agent: @cammc9.bsky.social Go Fund Me for Cancer: https://tinyurl.com/mvuyw5t7
@sarahmseltzer.bsky.social
My debut novel about music and love THE SINGER SISTERS (Flatiron) is available at a bookstore near you. 🎶 📖 I edit at feminist quarterly Lilith Magazine. ✊ I am a tired NYC mom and probably need some coffee right now… ☕️
@hildur.bsky.social
Icelandic writer. The Night Guest is already out! // Dead Weight coming in 2026!
@wiswell.bsky.social
Nebula Award & Locus Award winner. Novels: SOMEONE YOU CAN BUILD A NEST IN (2024), WEARING THE LION (2025). Disabled. Ace/aro. He/him. https://linktr.ee/johnwiswell
@brosandprose.bsky.social
sex & culture critic. author of BUT HOW ARE YOU, REALLY. host of the REBEL EVER AFTER podcast about progressive romance novels. survivor. she/her. currently reacting to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. https://linktr.ee/brosandprose
@sophieburnham.bsky.social
sff novels & weird seagull noises 👽 🌈 rep: maria napolitano // kt literary books: sargassa, bloodtide (daw) https://linktr.ee/sophieburnham