2011 YA/MG Debut Authors of Color

I was going to wait to publish this till January 1st, when the Story Siren's YA/MG Debut Author Challenge begins. But I decided to publish this list earlier to put the books on people's radars and hopefully you can add on to my list! Especially because I would hate to miss an author of color and not be able to interview them for my Elated Over Eleven feature. (so basically this is also a list of authors I hope to interview :) I will accept self-published books as long as they are YA/MG by a debut author of color.


1. Teenie by Christopher Grant (YA). Release Date: December 28th. My interview

2. The Great Wall of Lucy Wu by Wendy Wan-Long Shang (MG) Release Date: January 1, 2011
Interview

3. The Latte Rebellion by Sarah Jamila Stevenson (YA). Release Date: January 4th, 2011 My interview

4. Eliza's Freedom Road: An Underground Railroad Diary by Jerdine Nolen Harold (MG). Release Date: January 4th, 2011

5. The Trouble With Half a Moon by Danette Vigilante (MG). Release Date: January 6th, 2011. My interview

6. How Lamar's Bad Prank Won a Bubba-Sized Trophy by Crystal Allen (MG). Release Date: February 22, 2011 Elated over Eleven interview

7. Illegal by Bettina Restrepo (YA). Release Date: March 8th, 2011 EoE interview

8. What Can't Wait by Ashley Hope Perez (YA). Release Date: March 2011 Interview

Luminous by Dawn Metcalf (YA). Release Date: July 7th, 2011 (ETA: Dawn Metcalf has kindly informed me that she is not a poc author. I will include her book on my future list of all 2011 YA/MG debuts ABOUT POC. Thank you so much for clearing that up Dawn and I'm sorry if I mislead anyone! But seriously the cover is so brilliant and the book sounds so fabulous, you shouldn't mind ;)

9. The Bestest Ramadan Ever by Medeia Shariff (YA). Release Date: July 8th, 2011

10. Vanished by Sheela Chari (MG). Release Date: July 26th, 2011

11. Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (MG). Release Date: February 22, 2011

12. Tall Story by Candy Gourlay (MG). Release Date: February 8, 2011 Interview

13. Under the Mesquite by Guadalupe Garcia McCall (MG). Release Date: October 2011

14. Under Pressure by Rashaun Hughes (YA). Release Date: January 7, 2011.

15. Stir it Up! by Ramin Ganeshram (MG) Release Date: August 1, 2011

16. My Own Worst Frenemy (Chanti on the Case #1) by Kimberly Reid Release Date: September 1, 2011

Please add books to this list!