The Debutante Ball

Seven debut authors. Seven books. One big dance toward publication.

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  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh

Author: Layne Fargo

Layne Fargo is a thriller author with a background in theater and library science. She’s a Pitch Wars mentor, a member of the Chicagoland chapter of Sisters in Crime, and the cocreator of the podcast Unlikeable Female Characters. Layne lives in Chicago with her partner and their pets.
  • Posted on Sunday, September 29, 2019Sunday, September 29, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

[News Flash] September 29, 2019

Congratulations to our winner of our #DebBallGiveaway of The Frame-Up. Thank you so much to yesterday’s guest, Desiree Cooper! If…

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  • Posted on Sunday, September 1, 2019Sunday, September 1, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

[News Flash] September 1, 2019

Thank you so much to yesterday’s guest, Shelby Mahurin! Be sure to pick up a copy of her debut Serpent…

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  • Posted on Saturday, August 31, 2019Wednesday, August 21, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

Interview with Shelby Mahurin, Author of SERPENT & DOVE

And the final guest of the 2019 Debutante Ball class is… Shelby Mahurin, author of the gorgeous, swoony, and all-around…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, August 28, 2019Wednesday, August 28, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

Introducing Karen Osborne: Author of ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY

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Please give a warm welcome to the new 2020 Debutante Tech Guru, Karen Osborne! Karen’s debut novel Architects of Memory will…

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  • Posted on Saturday, August 24, 2019Wednesday, August 21, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

Interview with Maureen Joyce Connolly and LITTLE LOVELY THINGS Giveaway

Welcome to this week’s guest, fellow 2019 debut author Maureen Joyce Connolly! Maureen Joyce Connolly is a former owner of a…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, August 21, 2019Tuesday, August 20, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

So Long

My book has been out in the world for over a month. I’ve been writing on this blog for nearly…

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  • Posted on Sunday, August 18, 2019Saturday, August 17, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

[News Flash] August 18, 2019

Thank you so much to yesterday’s guest, Stephanie Burgis! If you haven’t already, enter the #DebBallGiveaway to win a copy…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, August 14, 2019Tuesday, August 13, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

Celebrate Yourself

In the months leading up to my book launch, I told my friends that since I had the world’s smallest…

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  • Posted on Sunday, August 11, 2019Sunday, August 11, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

[News Flash] August 11, 2019

Thank you so much to yesterday’s guest, Lana Wood Johnston! If you haven’t already, enter the #DebBallGiveaway to win a…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, August 7, 2019Tuesday, August 6, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

Learn Her Wrath

My second novel is slated for fall 2020. It’s not a sequel, but let’s just say it has some themes…

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