We spotlight the authors of four of the season’s most promising debuts.

Joelle Wellington

Copywriter-turned-author Joelle Wellington explores societal fears tinged with racism in her debut novel, the campy, dark, contemporary YA horror-thriller Their Vicious Games.



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Angela Montoya

Having grown up surrounded by poets and writers, Angela Montoya has entered the family trade with her teen fantasy debut, Sinner’s Isle, about a powerful witch fighting for liberation.



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Linda Cheng

After immigrating to Canada from Taiwan in the seventh grade, Linda Cheng spent much of her time working on her English by reading R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series, an experience that helped inspire her debut YA horror tale, Gorgeous Gruesome Faces.



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Page Powars

Page Powars says he was “creating a model of how I wished my life could be” in his debut novel, The Borrow a Boyfriend Club, an affirming queer romance starring a transgender 16-year-old.

 



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