New-to-Me Authors I Discovered in 2024

L. Frank Baum via Oz books

W. Somerset Maugham via Of Human Bondage

Amy Tan as a writer of nonfiction in The Backyard Bird Chronicles

Danzy Senna via Colored Television

Percival Everett (coincidentally, the husband of Senna) via James

Émile Zola who I'd already discovered through L'Assommoir, but who I recognized as a genius via Germinal

Clint Smith via his amazing book of poetry, Above Ground

Leif Enger via Virgil Wanders

Nikos Kazantzakis via Zorba the Greek

Wendell Berry via Jayber Crow

What new authors did you discover in 2024?

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