New Author Challenge 2011

1. The challenge will run from January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011.

2. Since this is an author challenge, there is no restriction on choosing your novels. They can definitely be from other challenges. However, the authors must be new to you and, preferably from novels. Anthologies are a great way to try someone new, but only a third of your new authors can be from anthologies.

3. I want this to be an easy challenge, so you can pick to do either 15, 25 or 50 new authors. It all depends on how fast you read and how adventurous you want to be.

I made 15 so I'm going to try for 25!

1. Elizabeth Hoyt (Wicked Intentions)

2. Lisa Valdez (Passion)

3. Meredith Duran (The Duke of Shadows)

4. Judith McNaught (Something Wonderful)
5. Jo Davis (Trial By Fire)

6. Laura Lee Guhrke (And Then He Kissed Her)
7. Sarah Wendell & Candy Tan (Beyond Heaving Bosoms) 
8. LaVyrle Spencer (Morning Glory)
9. Deborah Harkness (A Discovery of Witches)
10. Sarah Vowell (Assassination Vacation) 
11. David Sedaris (Me Talk Pretty One Day)

12. Sarah MacLean (Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake)

13. Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games) 
14. Tina Fey (Bossypants)
15. Kay Hooper (Stealing Shadows)
16. Lynsay Sands (A Quick Bite)
17. Jennifer Ashley (The Madness of Lord Ian MacKenzie)  

18. Richard Castle (Heat Wave)

19. Kieran Kramer (When Harry Met Molly) 
20. Collen Gleason (The Rest Falls Away)  

21. Nalini Singh (Slave to Sensation)
22. Sherry Thomas (Not Quite a Husband)
23. Gail Carriger (Soulless)
24. Antoine de Saint-Exupery (The Little Prince)
25. Marcella Burnard (Enemy Within) 
26. Sabrina Jeffries (The Pirate Lord)
26. Tom Standage (A History of the World in Six Glasses) (currently reading)
27. M. K. Reed (Americus)
28.Robyn Carr (Virgin River)
29. Judy Mays (Brianna)
30. Patricia Briggs (Moon Called)

31. Karen Marie Moning (Beyond the Highland Mist) 

 

Other possibilities:

Michelle Moran (Nefertiti)

J. R. Ward (Dark Lover)

Kathryn Stockett (The Help)
Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)

Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game)

Jude Devareaux (A Knight in Shining Armor)

Karen Marie Moning (Darkfever)

Georgette Heyer

Dara Joy (Knight of a Trillion Stars)