When I was making this list, I realized the majority of the authors I read were new to me, at least for novels. All the manga I read pretty much weren’t. So I have nine authors that I found and think are pretty neat today, in no particular order:
Joe Abercrombie I found because of my buddy reads with Zezee @Zezeewithbooks. I really like his gritty, dark style of writing that combines wry humor and sense of utter bleakness.
Jonny Sun I found to have a really nice cute style, though to be fair I’ve only read what is basically a picture book from him. I’d be interested in more.
Grant Morrison and Dan Mora – the author and illustrator respectively I presume – I found last minute in 2021 when I picked this book up as my annual Christmasy read. I really enjoyed this graphic novel and plan on getting the next volume around Christmas next year.
Jennifer L. Armentrout I know has been around for a while, but I’d never read anything by her until this year as part of a buddy read. And I gotta tell ya, it’s wild. I was so entertained.
N. K. Jemisin I was really late on the bandwagon for. I know she’s won multiple awards at this point and after reading her Broken Earth trilogy I can see why.
Ruth Ware is one of my first dives into thriller, and I think I picked a good place to start. I really enjoyed her writing and buzzed right through her book.
A. G. Slatter I think is a relatively new author. All the Murmuring Bones was her debut, and with it she’s become an auto-buy author for me. She has a new book coming out this year that I plan on picking up after my ban is over.
Greta Kelly is another debut author that I ended up really liking. I have the second book to her duology already and plan on reading it soon!
Robert Jackson Bennett is not a debut author by any means, so I’m late to the bandwagon on him, but his Founders books have made me wanna read basically everything else he’s written. I’m very pumped about it.
And that’s it! If you’ve read any of these authors, lemme know! Peace!
Embuhleeliest 
I am an Abercrombie fan so I am excited to see that he made the list!! And I have the book you mentioned by Sun waiting for me, so I hope that your reminder of its existence is the push I need to finally read it!!
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Do it!! 😀
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Klaus looks like such a good read!
My post: https://lydiaschoch.com/top-ten-tuesday-new-to-me-authors-i-discovered-in-2021/
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Oh, great list! I really need to read Joe Abercrombie, I’ve had him on my list for years!
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JLA is a fun author. I hope you love more of her books in the future.
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I like Ware a lot, although some of her books are better than others, of course. My favorite is THE DEATH OF MRS. WESTAWAY. I’m glad you found some new authors to love in 2021!
Happy TTT!
Susan
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