Novel Incubator’s Very Good Year
2023 was a very good year for Novel Incubator. Eleven alums were published and more are waiting in the wings for 2024. Looking for a good read to welcome the new year? Here are the Novel Incubator books that came…
Category: Novel Incubator
Meet Karen Wilfrid, Author of Just Lizzie
Karen Wilfrid’s middle grade debut novel Just Lizzie (November, 2023 Harper Collins), effortlessly braids a nuanced journey of identity with the bittersweet angst of growing up. Fourteen-year-old Lizzie is experiencing a lot of change: her family’s recently moved, her brother’s…
The Novel Incubator Turns 12!
This November, ten aspiring novelists became Boston-based GrubStreet’s Novel Incubator Program’s 12th graduating class, joining over 100 other alumni—many of whom have already had their novels published. In fact, according to Incubator instructor, Michelle Hoover, the program boasts a publication…
Author Shilpi Suneja Discusses Her Epic Debut HOUSE OF CARAVANS
One family burdened with division over three generations. Shilpi Suneja‘s debut novel, House of Caravans (September 2023, Milkweed Editions), chronicles the birth of Pakistan and an independent India with grace, scrutiny, and depth. Somehow, she manages this saga in just…
Next Chapters: Karen Wilfrid
Current Project: forthcoming middle grade novel Just Lizzie about a teenage girl discovering her asexual identity
Meet Nancy Crochiere, Author of GRACELAND
In Nancy Crochiere’s hilarious debut, Graceland, a single mom is forced to chase her Elvis-obsessed mother and pink-haired teenaged daughter from Boston to Memphis to stop them from revealing a long-held secret. This madcap road-trip novel will make you laugh…