Top 10 Debut Authors of February 2022

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Charmaine Wilkerson (Black Cake)

[{"selector":"#anim-fcd28c4f-4a90-4248-9cfd-4e0b3517c175 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.874999829338588%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ca7f87c4-5242-4d0e-8cc9-905166bd0ff1","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Charmaine Wilkerson is an American writer, based in Italy but she has lived in Jamaica. Learn more

Kai Harris (What the Fireflies Knew)

[{"selector":"#anim-ae7b8a4f-33a3-46ef-a533-69027695e48d [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.874999829338588%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-a1c2c14b-d2b7-4bf7-a7a6-779284bcd227","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Harris is a writer and an educator. She is from Detroit, Michigan. Learn more

Emily Maloney (Cost of Living)

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Imogen Crimp (A Very Nice Girl)

[{"selector":"#anim-c50ac016-60d6-490b-a02b-a336f3a395a8 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.874999829338588%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-f54e65b9-e5af-45c3-ba69-1adc8846040e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Crimp has an MA degree in the subject of contemporary literature from UCL, where she did her specialization in female modernist writers. Learn more

Amy E. Casey (The Sturgeon’s Heart)

[{"selector":"#anim-5e4e411e-b7e6-4415-9d0c-33dc3cf4bd57 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.874999829338588%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-90319344-e322-49ab-b68d-db536c151866","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Casey is from Wisconsin. She does a huge portion of her work on a Smith-Corona Classic 12 Manual Typewriter from 1964. Learn more

Emme Lund (The Boy With a Bird in His Chest)

[{"selector":"#anim-9771a91f-3cbb-4b14-9b63-918d304b6792 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-12.499999829338597%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-31d57e7e-6ef7-4818-8865-1aaf6414b794","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Emme Lund is from Portland, Oregon. She has an MFA degree from Mills College. Learn more

Ariel Delgado Dixon (Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You)

[{"selector":"#anim-b53d6fc2-2ae2-4151-bd35-e1ebe9e6a9ae [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.874999829338588%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7586bb31-6b54-4571-a0f5-61f778483a1c","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Dixon was born and raised in Trenton, New Jersey. Learn more

Mary Kuryla (Away to Stay)

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Kit Mayquist (Tripping Arcadia)

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Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (When We Were Birds)

[{"selector":"#anim-53d28627-3804-4d9e-98ad-2d128a2ef37e [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(-21.874999829338588%, 0, 0)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-e5f29265-3454-4dac-a3d4-b32564d1987d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] Banwo is a writer from Trinidad and Tobago. She did her MA in Creative Writing program Learn more

Top 10 Debut Authors of February 2022

Top 10 Debut Authors of February 2022

Charmaine Wilkerson (Black Cake)

01.

Kai Harris (What the Fireflies Knew)

02.

Emily Maloney (Cost of Living)

03.

Imogen Crimp (A Very Nice Girl)

04.

Amy E. Casey (The Sturgeon’s Heart)

05.

Emme Lund (The Boy With a Bird in His Chest)

06.

Ariel Delgado Dixon (Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You)

07.

Mary Kuryla (Away to Stay)

08.

Kit Mayquist (Tripping Arcadia)

09.

Ayanna Lloyd Banwo (When We Were Birds)

10.