Timoleon Vieta Come Home: A Sentimental Journey (2003) is a novel by British author Dan Rhodes, a parody of the classic "Lassie Come Home" film.
 It was Rhodes' first novel, and won the 2003 Author's Club First Novel Award.
 It has been translated into at least 20 languages.
Soldiers' Pay is the first novel published by the American author William Faulkner.
 It was originally published by Boni & Liveright on February 25, 1926.
 It is unclear if Soldiers' Pay is the first novel written by Faulkner.
 It is however the first novel published by the author.
 Faulkner was working on two manuscripts while finishing Soldiers' Pay.
Helen Elswyth Thane Ricker Beebe (May 16, 1900 – July 31, 1984) was an American romance novelist.
 Born in Burlington, Iowa, she was the daughter of a local teacher and high school principal.
 The family moved to New York City in 1918, and "Helen Ricker" changed her name to "Elswyth Thane".
 She began working as a freelance writer in the 20s, and became a newspaper writer and a Hollywood screenwriter.
 Her first novel, "Riders of the Wind", was published in 1926.
 Her novel, "The Tudor Wench", about Elizabeth I of England, was made into a play.
 She was a collector of scarves.
Ram Krishna Bantawa lives in Hong Kong.
 He is a songwriter, lyricist, poet, playwright and novelist who has a wide audience in his native Nepal.
 "Shrill Mist" is his first novel from outside Nepal and his first novel in English.The Nepali edition of "Shrill Mist" ("Shaghan Tuwalo"), assisted by translator Nara Devi Rai, precedes this first English edition.
 Published in Kathmandu in 2007, it has achieved both popular and critical acclaim.Bantawa published his first novel, "Kharani" ("Ashes"), in 1988, when he was twenty-one.
 "Atma" ("Soul") followed in 1996, "Radha Ram" in 1997 and "Ama Chhori" ("Mother and Daughter") in 1998.
 "Bhag Ek (Part 1)", a book of modern songs, appeared in 1995, followed by "Bhag Dui (Part 2)" in 1998.
 His first album, "Dhuwa" ("Smoke"), performed by various Nepali singers and musicians, also was produced in 1998.
Misfortune, is the 2005 debut novel by Wesley Stace.
 The "Victorian" novel revolves around a cross-dressing heir/heiress.
 The book was one of the "Washington Post"'s Books of the Year and chosen by Amazon.com as one of the Ten Best Novels of 2005.
 It was also nominated for the Guardian First Book Award, and shortlisted for both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the James Tiptree, Jr.
 Award.
 The author, better known as singer-songwriter John Wesley Harding, recorded the traditional ballads and folk songs in the book on the The Love Hall Tryst's 2005 album "Songs of Misfortune".
The Amazon.ca First Novel Award, formerly the "Books in Canada" First Novel Award, is a $40,000 literary award, co-presented by The Walrus given annually to the best first novel in English published the previous year by a citizen or resident of Canada.
 It has been awarded since 1976.
The Center for Fiction's First Novel Prize is an annual award presented by The Center for Fiction, a non-profit organization in New York City, for the best debut novel.
 From 2006 to 2011, it was called the John Sargent, Sr.
 First Novel Prize in honor of John Turner Sargent, Sr., and, from 2011 to 2014, the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, named after Center for Fiction board member Nancy Dunnan and her journalist father Ray W. Flaherty.
In the Woods is a 2007 mystery novel by Tana French about a pair of Irish detectives and their investigation of the murder of a twelve-year-old girl.
 The novel won several awards such as the 2008 Edgar Award for Best First Novel by an American Author, the 2008 Barry Award for Best First Novel, the 2008 Macavity Award for Best First Mystery Novel, and the 2008 Anthony Award for Best First Novel.
Dead Heat is a novel by Del Stone, Jr..
 It was published in 1996 by Mojo Press, with illustrations by Dave Dorman and Scott Hampton.
 It is based on and contains portions from Stone's previous works in "Roadkill" (Caliber Comics, 1993) and "December" (Hero Illustrated, 1994).
 The novel won the 1996 International Horror Guild Award for best first novel and was a finalist for the Bram Stoker Award for best first novel by an author offered by the Horror Writers Association.
Tryst, written in 1939 by Elswyth Thane, is a story of two people and a seemingly ordinary home.
 While a quick summary may make it sound like a Horror novel, it actually borders on Mystery and Romance.

Question: What was the first novel of the author of Tryst? 
Answer: "Riders of the Wind"