Debut Fiction

All blog posts and website content about debut fiction.

“To have and to be able to exercise choice in matters of the heart—that is the ultimate goal…”

In conversation with HarperBroadcast, Smriti Ravindra talks about her phenomenal debut novel, The Woman Who Climbed Trees, how patriarchy diseases…

1 year ago

Burning Witches Alive and the First Journey of an East Indian | Excerpt

Meet Tony – compassionate and insatiably curious, with a unique perspective on every scene he encounters. Kidnapped and transported to…

1 year ago

In Conversation: Devika Rege on her Phenomenal Debut ‘Quarterlife’

Devika Rege's stellar debut novel, Quarterlife engages with the contemporary political strains of India in a narrative that stretches the…

1 year ago

From the writer of blockbuster films RRR and Bajrangi Bhaijaan comes a stunning debut novel

HarperCollins India is delighted to announce the upcoming publication of BRAHMAPUTRA – The Ahom Son Rises by Vijayendra Prasad and…

2 years ago

‘Fiction is a way for me to interrogate the world…’: In conversation with Parini Shroff

Filled with clever criminals, second chances, and wry and witty women, Parini Shroff’s The Bandit Queens is a razor-sharp debut of humor…

2 years ago