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

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Category: They Could Have Named Her Anything

  • 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 Tuesday, August 20, 2019Monday, August 19, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: Mahalo and Aloha

Aloha! I can’t believe it’s been a year since I first joined the Debutante Ball. Mahalo to the previous class…

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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 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 Sunday, August 4, 2019Saturday, August 3, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

[News Flash] August 4, 2019

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

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  • Posted on Friday, August 2, 2019Friday, August 2, 2019
  • by Martine Fournier Watson

They Could Have Named Her Anything

  Stephanie Jimenez’s astonishing debut novel follows the evolution of a friendship between Maria and Rocky, two seventeen-year-old students at…

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  • Posted on Wednesday, July 31, 2019Monday, July 29, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

About a Girl

What a perfect way to wrap up my year of reading Debutante Ball novels! I absolutely loved Stephanie’s debut novel…

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  • Posted on Tuesday, July 30, 2019Monday, July 29, 2019
  • by Devi Laskar

Attacus Atlas & Other Inventions: They Could Have Named Her Anything!

I’m thrilled that Stephanie Jimenez’s debut, They Could Have Named Her Anything, is out in the world this week! I…

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  • Posted on Monday, July 29, 2019Monday, July 29, 2019
  • by K.A. Doore

A Surprising, Feminist Literary Debut with Heart

This week we’re celebrating our fellow deb Stephanie’s release of THEY COULD HAVE NAME HER ANYTHING! A heartfelt, warm, and…

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  • Posted on Sunday, July 28, 2019Saturday, July 27, 2019
  • by Layne Fargo

[News Flash] July 28, 2019

Thank you so much to yesterday’s guest, Erin A. Craig! Pick up a copy of her amazing YA Gothic debut…

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