[News Flash] July 19, 2021

The reign of our 2020-2021 debs is drawing to a close and the application for next year’s deb class is available now. If you’re a female or non-binary writer with a debut novel coming out September 2021 – August 2022, please apply and spread the word!
And a huge congratulations to Lyn Liao Butler whose debut, THE TIGER MOM’S TALE came out July 6th! THE TIGER MOM’S TALE is available everywhere books are sold!

Join Denny S. Bryce on July 22 as she talks about WILD WOMEN AND THE BLUES with Carmen Tanner Slaughter. Click here for more information.
Elizabeth Gonzalez James wrote a playlist for MONA AT SEA, up now at Largehearted Boy. And she participated in Lit Hub Asks: 5 Authors, 7 Questions, No Wrong Answers. Click here to read more!
Ehsaneh Sadr talks about A DOOR BETWEEN US with The Chaptr, a brand new book subscription box. Click here to watch a scene from their interview.

Author: Elizabeth Gonzalez James

Before becoming a writer Elizabeth was a waitress, a pollster, an Avon lady, and an opera singer. Her stories and essays have appeared in Ploughshares Blog, The Idaho Review, The Rumpus, and elsewhere, and have received multiple Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominations. Her debut novel, MONA AT SEA, was a finalist in the 2019 SFWP Literary Awards judged by Carmen Maria Machado, and is forthcoming, Summer 2021, from Santa Fe Writers Project. Originally from South Texas, Elizabeth now lives with her family in Oakland, California.