Hundreds, perhaps even thousands, of young writers work each year to find a voice for their particular life experience and translate that into the equivalent of the Great American Novel. Many of them get an opportunity to see their books in print, but it is the rare few that manage to actually get published and noticed and well-reviewed. Every few months we at Book Report try to take a look at a batch of the new arrivals and see how the search for the GAN is progressing.

From the Galway of JUNO & JULIET by Julian Gough, to the asylum for the gifted and romantic in THE MUSE ASYLUM by David Czuchlewski, from Christina Chiu's stories about Asian-American assimilation in TROUBLEMAKER AND OTHER SAINTS to the American-in-Japan odyssey that makes up the powerful story of Sara Backer's AMERICAN FUJI, from the comic novel KARLMARX.COM by Susan Coll to the episodic novel MARY AND O'NEIL by Justin Cronin to BOY STILL MISSING by John Searles, the array of interesting and genuinely new voices available on the market today show that literature is alive and healthy. Last but not least, Manil Suri's THE DEATH OF VISHNU, in particular, brings us into a world that we would have never encountered otherwise had this exciting author not decided to put pen to paper.

The Book Report is happy to bring you these debut authors--- we hope you will let us know which books you have enjoyed and which authors you believe we all will be hearing from again in the near future. To read and learn about the writing habits, advice, and future plans of other rising stars, please visit http://www.authorsontheweb.com.

--- Jana Siciliano

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