debut novel
Author's opening work
A debut novel is an author's first published novel.
The term appears frequently in literary criticism and book marketing, where debut novels receive special attention as introductions to new voices: Her debut novel won the National Book Award.
A writer may have published short stories or nonfiction previously and still have a debut novel.
- firstPosition number one
- first bookInitial work published
- manuscriptOriginal text before publication
- literaryOf written works
- literary fictionProse emphasizing craft and depth
coming of age · breakthrough · author · publishing · paperback · hardcover · bestseller · page turner · overnight success · book tour · bookshelf · aspiring · writer · rejection · agent · editor · book deal · submission
- early worksfirst album, juvenilia
- bookstextbooks, study guides, book, paperback, hardcover
- NovelsTo Kill a Mockingbird, Frankenstein, Pride and Prejudice, The Great Gatsby, Jane Eyre
- publishingpublishers, editors, editor, publishing house, books
- author biobio, biography, headshot, photo, pen name
- literary fictionliterary realism, contemporary fiction, character-driven, character study, character studies