11.   Her first novel was a straightaway success.

12.   After the debacle of his first novel, he had trouble getting a publisher for his next book.

13.   The proximate publication of his first novel.

14.   After a promising first novel, she faded into obscurity.

15.   He became an instant celebrity with the publication of his first novel.

16.   Not content with writing for magazines Vanessa is currently working on her first novel, a humorous look at xxxxx xxxxx.

17.   For instance, when I first started writing, and had completed my first novels, I was not allowed to sign a contract for it.

18.   An assured, contemplative first novel whose action, which centers on a Scottish father and his three sons, unfolds over the course of a decade.

19.   An assured, contemplative first novel, about a man and his three sons, whose action unfolds over the course of a decade.

20.   An enchanting first novel with a comic-opera plot, this tale of modern Bombay will delight readers who have had enough of skinny postmodernist fiction.