2011 New Author Challenge

I took part in the New Author Challenge hosted by Literary Escapism last year and was amazed to find I tried 104 new to me authors in 2010.  I discovered some fantastic authors who I'll definitely be looking out for in the future but I'm hoping to discover even more new favorites in 2011.  If you'd like to find out more about the challenge or sign up click here

I'm going to aim to try 50 new authors in 2011 but I may end up changing that as I go along.  I'll keep a list of all the new authors I try here along with links to my review of the first book I've read by them.  You can read reviews from other participants here

1. Entangled - Cat Clarke
2. Paranormalcy - Kiersten White
3. The Iron Witch - Karen Mahoney
4. Long Reach - Peter Cocks
5. Personal Demons - Lisa Desrochers
6. Warm Bodies - Isaac Marion
7. Finding Sky - Joss Stirling
8. Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf - Curtis Jobling
9. If I Stay - Gayle Forman
10. Across the Universe - Beth Revis
11. The Thirteen Treasures - Michelle Harrison
12. Siren - Tricia Rayburn
13. Soulless - Gail Carriger
14. The Iron King - Julie Kagawa
15. Magic Under Glass - Jaclyn Dolamore
16. Tempest Rising - Nicole Peeler
17. The Kissing Game - Aiden Chambers
18. Darkfever - Karen Marie Moning
19. Eighth Grade Bites - Heather Brewer
20. Department 19 - Will Hill
21. Delirium - Lauren Oliver
22. Grace - Morris Gleitzman
23. Dead, Undead, or Somewhere in Between - J.A. Saare
24. Between Shades of Gray - Ruta Sepetys
25. Firelight - Sophie Jordan
26. Tell Me A Secret - Holly Cupala
27. Infinity - Sherrilyn Kenyon
28. Rosebush - Michele Jaffe
29. Hunters - Michelle Marquis & Lindsey Bayer
30. Death's Daughter - Amber Benson
31. Dead Beautiful - Yvonne Woon
32. The Swan Kingdom - Zoe Marriott
33. Flip - Martyn Bedford
34. Wintercraft - Jenna Burtenshaw
35. Angel's Blood - Nalini Singh
36. Bloodline - Kate Cary
37. Small Blue Thing - S.C. Ransom
38. Magic Bites - Ilona Andrews
39. The Darkest Night - Gena Showalter
40. Scarlett Dedd - Cathy Brett
41. Divergent - Veronica Roth
42. Blue Bloods - Melissa de la Cruz
43. The Guardian Angel's Journal - Carolyn Jess-Cooke
44. My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece - Annabel Pitcher
45. Tiger's Curse - Colleen Houck
46. Shadowmagic - John Lenahan
47. The Mockingbirds - Daisy Whitney
48. Darkness Becomes Her - Kelly Keaton
49. Just Like Heaven - Julia Quinn
50. Hell's Belles - Jackie Kessler
51. Dark Ride - Caroline Green
52. Kindling the Moon - Jenn Bennett
53. Sister - Rosamund Lupton
54. Long Lankin - Lindsey Barraclough
55. Haunting Violet - Alyxandra Harvey
56. The Case of the Deadly Desperados - Caroline Lawrence
57. Crushed Seraphim - Debra Anastasia
58. Evermore - Alyson Noel
59. Prisoner of the Inquisition - Theresa Breslin
60. The Poison Diaries - Maryrose Wood
61. In the Sea there are Crocodiles - Fabio Geda
62. Six Days - Philip Webb
63. Texas Gothic - Rosemary Clement-Moore
64. Fallen Grace - Mary Hooper
65. Guilty Pleasures - Laurell K. Hamilton
66. Fury - Elizabeth Miles
67. Hunting Lila - Sarah Alderson
68. Dragon Bound - Thea Harrison
69. Touched by an Alien - Gini Koch
70. The Gallows Curse - Andrew Hammond
71. Dearly Departed - Lia Habel
72. Blood Rights - Kristen Painter
73. The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
74. Darker Still - Leanna Renee Hieber
75. The Other Countess - Eve Edwards
76. The Search for WondLa - Tony DiTerlizzi
77. A Long, Long Sleep - Anna Sheehan
78. Daughter of Smoke and Bone - Laini Taylor
79. The Name of the Star - Maureen Johnson
80. Touch of Frost - Jennifer Estep
81. City of Bones - Cassandra Clare
82. Midwinterblood - Marcus Sedgwick
83. Glow - Amy Kathleen Ryan
84. Avenger's Angel - Heather Killough-Walden
85. Forgive My Fins - Tera Lynn Childs
86. They Call Me Death - Missy Jane
87. A Kiss at Midnight - Eloisa James
88. The Iron Duke - Meljean Brook
89. Night Myst - Yasmine Galenorn
90. Die For Me - Amy Plum
91. One Seriously Messed-Up Week in the Otherwise Mundane & Uneventful Life of Jack Samsonite - Tom Clempson
92. Blood - K.J. Wignall
93. Immortal Beloved - Cate Tiernan
94. The Girl in the Steel Corset - Kady Cross
95. The Truth About Celia Frost - Paula Rawsthorne
96. First Grave on the Right - Darynda Jones
97. Beauty Dates the Beast - Jessica Sims
98. Unleashed - Nancy Holder & Debbie Viguie
99. Unearthly - Cynthia Hand
100. Soul Beach - Kate Harrison
101. Dark Inside - Jeyn Roberts
102. Fire and Thorns - Rae Carson
103. Carrier of the Mark - Leigh Fallon
104. We Can Be Heroes - Catherine Bruton
105. Wildefire - Karsten Knight
106. Spellbound - Cara Lynn Shultz
107. Nightlife - Rob Thurman
108. Socks Are Not Enough - Mark Lowery
109. Forsaken - Jana Oliver
110. Tempest Rising - Tracy Deebs
111. Undead - Kirsty McKay
112. Deception - Lee Nichols
113. Angel's Fury - Bryony Pearce
114. Forgotten - Cat Patrick
115. Trapped - Michael Northrop

February NAC Mini-Challenge - Steampunk click here to see my challenge progress - Read 2/5 COMPLETE
April / May NAC Mini-Challenge - TBR Newbies click here to see my challenge progress - Read 6/6 COMPLETE