The Debutante Ball

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

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  • Jennifer Fawcett
  • Flora Collins
  • Sonya Singh
  • Cleyvis Natera
  • Sarah Grunder Ruiz
  • Carolyn Huynh

Author: Sona Charaipotra

An entertainment and lifestyle journalist published by The New York Times, People, ABC News, MSN, Cosmopolitan and other major national media, SONA CHARAIPOTRA currently curates a kickass column on YA books and teen culture for Parade.com. A collector of presumably useless degrees, she double-majored in journalism and American Studies at Rutgers before getting her masters in screenwriting from New York University (where her thesis project was developed for the screen by MTV Films) and her MFA from the New School. When she's not hanging out with her writer husband and two chatter-boxy kids, she can be found poking plot holes in teen shows like Twisted and Vampire Diaries. But call it research: Sona is the co-founder of CAKE Literary, a boutique book development company with a decidedly diverse bent. Her debut, the YA dance drama Tiny Pretty Things (co-written with Dhonielle Clayton), is due May 26 from HarperTeen. Find her on the web at SonaCharaipotra.com or CAKELiterary.com.
  • Posted on Thursday, September 3, 2015Sunday, October 18, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Adieu, I’ll Be Seeing You….

So Karma worked on her post for five days. And I forgot that today was my FINAL Thursday here on…

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  • Posted on Thursday, August 27, 2015Thursday, August 27, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

5 More Reasons to Read COME AWAY WITH ME!

Like my fellow Deb Amy, I sort of put off reading COME AWAY WITH ME for a while. I knew,…

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  • Posted on Thursday, August 20, 2015Thursday, August 20, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

6 AWESOME Things About Being A Debut

We’ve talked so much this past year about the ups and downs of the publishing journey — it’s a wild…

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  • Posted on Thursday, August 13, 2015Wednesday, August 12, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Book Two, WhoooHooo!

YAY for second books! It’s so fun hearing about everyone’s sophomore efforts — and seeing how different the process has…

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  • Posted on Thursday, August 6, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Take Two? Take Five

This week on the Deb Ball, we’re talking about what we’d do differently the second time around. And honestly, I…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 30, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

#WeNeedDiverseBooks Librarian Dhonielle Clayton on Publishing, Mentorship and Finding Your Tribe

Editor’s Note: Here at The Debutante Ball, we strive to give an insider look at our experiences with the publishing…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 23, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Time to Get Your CAKE On!

At long last, my amazing friend Amy’s delish debut, THE COINCIDENCE OF COCONUT CAKE, is on shelves. And if you…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 16, 2015Thursday, July 16, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

More Mythbusting: The More You Know

With one book on shelves and another headed toward copyedits, I’d like to say this whole publishing thing is all…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 9, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Marketing Is Hard and Other Obvious Truths

Okay, so this week’s topic is marketing. As the other Debs have confessed, as writers, its one arena that really…

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  • Posted on Thursday, July 2, 2015Thursday, July 2, 2015
  • by Sona Charaipotra

Summer Days, Reading Away….

One of my favorite things to do is share book recommendations! In fact, when we decided that this week would…

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Since 2007, the Debutante Ball has been celebrating first-time authors and their books. Learn more.

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