Still looking for that fresh new book to grab your attention? What if I said I could get you a whole new line of authors to take your mind off of reality? There are many up and coming authors that we should not be sleeping one. Oxford Open Learning has put together a list of new authors in 2022 that we can't miss out on. What books of these authors have you fallen in love with?
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Jean Chen Ho: Jean Chen Ho’s debut novel, Fiona and Jane, is already a smash hit with critics. The novel tells the tale of two best friends, Fiona Lin and Jane Shen, as they navigate the highs and lows of adolescence and life. As a love-letter to and a celebration of the complexities of female friendship, Fiona and Jane is sure to be a work of fiction that everyone is talking about in 2022.
Kai Harris: Kai Harris is a writer and Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at Santa Clara University, California. She’s also likely to become a best-seller soon. Her debut novel, What the Fireflies Knew, is a moving portrayal of a family shattered and put back together again.
Jas Hammonds: Hammond’s Young Adult debut explores the life of 17-year-old Avery Anderson. After Avery’s maternal grandmother is diagnosed with a terminal illness, Avery is uprooted from her life in Washington DC to small-town Georgia. As a queer, biracial, teen the change of environment could signal disaster. But, as Avery learns, there’s sometimes more to a place’s history than meets the eye.
Charmaine Wilkerson: A former journalist and short-story aficionado, Charmaine Wilkerson is here with a debut novel that is sure to dazzle and move in equal measure. Following the death of their mother, two estranged siblings must come together to unpick their family’s history – whilst learning a lot about themselves along the way.
Heather Kamis: Imagine waking up one day and finding that, rather than being a regular teenager, you now feel like a moth? This awful idea becomes a reality for Anna when she is diagnosed with lepidopsy – a rare condition that sees her developing manifestations resembling a moth. As her disease begins to change her life irrevocably, how will Anna reconcile her new reality with the life she’d always hoped for?
