Top Ten Tuesday: New-to-Me Authors I Read in 2013

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What a year 2013 has been. Now that we're in December, bloggers are recapping their year, listing their favorite books, and with that, their favorite authors. I extremely appreciate all the new authors I discovered this year, whether they've been around since I was five or published their debut novel in March. I'm probably forgetting key ones, but I virtually hug the authors I discovered and loved this year.

Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner

They're two separate people, I know, but they worked together to produce one of my favorite 2013 reads, These Broken Stars. I hope they don't mind that I'm treating them like some people treat identical twins, but in my mind, they're a permanent pair oh please stay together. 

Kasie West

I have no shame in saying that I am lusting after her next book, On the Fence. I read The Distance Between Us and adored it. I read Pivot Point and was enthralled with that (she's such an overachiever with two books in one year). So yes, I'm hooked.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Another author of one of my favorite 2013 books, The Naturals. FBI, enhanced spy skills, killers, swooning, and creepiness. I never am able to really connect to "darker" books, but her writing achieved it. 

Tamora Pierce

WHY HAVE I NOT READ HER BEFORE? 

Rainbow Rowell

I absolutely loved Fangirl, but still nervous to read Eleanor & Park since some people disliked it and then read Fangirl and loved that one. I don't want to reverse my thinking of her. 

Kristin Cashore

I just finished Graceling and didn't realize how thirsty I was for another captivating fantasy novel until I read it. I'm showing extreme self-control by not diving into the sequels until I finish my other read-a-thon books.

Lauren Miller

She earned a spot on my auto-read (since I'm cheap and don't buy books) list when I read Parallel.

Elizabeth Wein

The beginning of Code Name Verity was slow for me, but she slowly reeled me in and left me broken. I don't think I have the strength to read Rose Under Fire. It taunts me as it sits on my table.

A.C. Gaughen

I'm ashamed I waited so long to read Scarlet when I had a perfectly good copy sitting on my shelf. Although it's probably a good thing since I don't have a long wait to the sequel now. Guys, it's a retelling of Robin Hood with Will Scarlet as a kick-butt girl. Now go and join the fan club. 

Suzanne Young
She wrote a great futuristic society centered around a suicide epidemic that involved feels and tense moments and...well, I want the sequel. 

Bonus: Jessica Brody, Natalie D. Richards, and probably many more

What authors have you discovered? Who do I need to read next?