Best Debut Authors of June 2022 – Top 8

With June being the Pride month, many books by queer authors were published. But apart from those, many authors made their writing debut this month, with their books receiving immense praise. Here are the best debut authors of June 2022.

Jesmeen Kaur Deo

Jesmeen Kaur Deo is an author of South-Asian descent. She grew up in northern British Columbia. She is said to enjoy funny romantic books. Kaur Deo also knows how to play the harmonica and loves to bike. Her debut novel, TJ Powar Has Something to Prove is a romantic comedy novel. It has a 4.95-star rating on Goodreads with 196 total reviews. The book is about TJ Powar, a Sikh student, and her embracing her body as it is after being bullied for it in high school.

Ava Wilder

Ava Wilder describes herself as a romance contemporary writer. She resides in Oklahoma City with her fiance and is a cat mom to a toothless cat. Her novel, How To Fake It In Hollywood had its debut in June of 2022. It is an adult romance novel about a fake PR relationship between two famous people. This fake relationship that was just meant for the public eye then slowly starts to take a real turn when the characters actually start liking each other.

Emily Thiede

Emily Thiede is an American writer. She previously worked as a public school teacher. Emily currently resides in New Jersey. She loves to foster kittens, mentor people, and host writing-related events. Her debut novel is also the first novel in a fantasy magic series called The Last Finestra. The book is named The Vicious Grace and the second part is set to be published in 2023. The series is about a girl named Alessa who has her powers not working correctly and ends up killing her suitors.

Leila Mottley

Leila Mottley is an author from Oakland, California. She works in New York Times as a writer and her writings mostly consist of throwing light at liberation, individual inequity, and spreading joy and happiness. Her work has also been published in Oprah Daily. Nightcrawling is her debut novel, which is categorized in the contemporary fictional genre. It is about a black woman from Oakland, fighting for racial justice in her said state. The book was also listed on Oprah’s Book Club list.

Anna Hogeland

Anna Hogeland is a psychotherapist that resides in Vermont, United States. Her debut book, The Long Answer deals with issues related to motherhood. It is about a character named Anna, who deals with her own pregnancy along with the news of her sister’s miscarriage. Hogeland is said to have explored the themes of motherhood and pregnancy very well.

Davey Davis

Davey Davis mostly referred to as David, is an American blogger. He started blogging with the humorous idea of writing stories about people named David, which slowly turned into a blog about himself. Davey Davis talks about and gives his opinions on current affairs, celebrity culture, art, and queerness. He is also an essayist who writes about parenting, friends and relationships, pride, etc. His book, entitled X, is a debut novel. It is about a character named Lee and her journey of dealing with civil rights protests and existing as a queer individual in the United States of America.

David Santos Donaldson

David Santos Donaldson is an American writer who has resided in Spain and India for a brief period of his life. He is currently residing in the United States of America. He is a current practitioner of psychotherapy. His debut novel Greenland is a historical fiction book about an Egyptian man named Mohammed el Adl and a British author name E. M. Forster. The book deals with many themes of homophobia, racial inequality, and finding love amongst political chaos. Donaldson is praised for his portrayal of interracial queer relationships from the early 20th century.

Arinze Ifeakandu

Arinze Ifeakandu is a Nigeria-born author who currently resides in Florida. He had many awards and accomplishments under his belt way before he set out to release his debut book. God’s Children Are Little Broken Things: Stories is a collection of short stories that are compiled into this book. These short stories are mostly set in Nigeria and tell different queer stories.

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