Authors to Watch For Reading List

Starting with this post, I'm planning on doing quarterly (or thereabouts) updates for new authors in SF/Fantasy.

What this list IS: authors who have recently published their first book in the sci-fi/fantasy field.

What this list is NOT: my personal endorsement of these authors and/or their books (though I'm sure there are gems here or I wouldn't be posting this). Several of these are books I have on my 'to read' list and feel that the authors could use some publicity. It's a tough industry and with so many good books to choose from, new authors are often overlooked. This is NOT a comprehensive listing, though I hope as I do each successive post I'll catch more and more of the new authors. Feel free to comment if you know a book/new author I've missed who's published in the past 3-4 months or if one of these authors shouldn't be on this list (mistakes happen).

As usual, there's no reasoning behind the order of the books.

Science Fiction
Singularity's Ring - Paul Melko
New Dawn's Rising - Scott Gamboe
Peacekeeper - Laura Reeve
Close Encounters - Katherine Allred [has a strong romance slant]
Long Journey to Rneadal - Sharon Dreyer

Fantasy
Blood of Ambrose - James Enge
Ice Song - Kirsten Imani Kasai
Midwinter - Matthew Sturges
The Warded Man - Peter Brett
Dragon in Chains - Daniel Fox
The Adamantine Palace - Stephen Deas
Darkborn - Alison Sinclair
Betrayal - Pati Nagle
Living with Ghosts - Kari Sperring

Urban Fantasy
Pandemonium - Daryl Gregory
Mark of the Demon - Diana Rowland
Death's Daughter - Amber Benson
Sins and Shadows - Lyn Benedict
Good Ghoul's Guide to Getting Even - Julie Kenner [Kenner has several books out. I mention her here because her other books are shelved by my bookstore chain in mystery, so she may be new to a lot of urban fantasy readers.]

New Author Reading List

As summer is here (finally) I thought I'd post a list of books by newer authors (by which I mean authors who have only one or two books in print). Naturally this is not a complete list, just a sampling of some newer fantasy and SF authors. The authors are listed alphabetically within their respective categories.

Science Fiction
Taylor Anderson - Destroyermen: Into the Storm
Ann Aguirre - Grimspace
Tobias Buckell - Crystal Rain, Ragamuffin
Jeff Carlson - Plague Year
Paul Chafe - Genesis
Brenda Cooper - The Silver Ship and the Sea
David Gunn - Death’s Head, Maximum Offense
Graham Sharp Paul - The Battle at the Moons of Hell
Mark L. Van Name - One Jump Ahead, Slanted Jack
David Williams - Mirrored Heavens

Steam Punk
Dru Pagliasotti - Clockwork Heart
S. M. Peters - Whitechapel Gods

Fantasy
Daniel Abraham - A Shadow in Summer, A Betrayal in Winter
Toby Bishop - Airs Beneath the Moon, Airs and Graces
Alan Campbell - Scar Night, Iron Angel
Chris Evans - A Darkness Forged in Fire
P.R. Frost - Hounding the Moon, Moon in the Mirror
Emily Gee - Thief With no Shadow
David Hillsborough - The Wanderer’s Tale, A Fire in the North
Jaida Jones & Danielle Bennett - Havemercy
Violette Malan - Mirror Prince, Sleeping God
Gail Martin - Summoner, Blood King
Jenna Rhodes - The Four Forges, The Dark Ferryman
Patrick Rothfuss - The Name of the Wind
Lisa Shearin - Magic Lost, Trouble Found; Armed and Magical
C.L. Wilson - Lord of the Fading Lands, Lady of Light and Shadows

Urban Fantasy
Ilona Andrews - Magic Bites, Magic Burns
Jes Battis - Night Child
Mark Del Franco - Unshapely Things, Unquiet Dreams
Caitlin Kittredge - Night Life
T.A. Pratt - Blood Engines, Poison Sleep
Anton Strout - Dead To Me