Sabaa Tahir is an American[1] young adult novelist best known for her New York Times-bestselling An Ember in the Ashes, its sequels, and the novel All My Rage.[2]
Two of her novels, An Ember in the Ashes and A Torch Against the Night, were listed among Time Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time in 2020.[3] In 2022, her novel All My Rage won the 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature[4] and the Michael L. Printz Award.[5]
Tahir has also published non-fiction reviews and essays in The New York Times,[6][7] The Washington Post[8] and Vox.[9]
Life
Tahir grew up in the Mojave Desert in Ridgecrest, California, with her parents and two older brothers.[1] Her parents had emigrated from Pakistan to the United Kingdom before moving their family to the United States.[1] She attended UCLA, during which time she interned at The Washington Post. After graduation, she took a job there as a copy editor.[10] She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.[1]
Bibliography
Fantasy
An Ember in the Ashes series
- An Ember in the Ashes. 2015.
- A Torch Against the Night. 2016.
- A Reaper at the Gates. 2018.
- A Sky Beyond the Storm. 2020.
Heir duology
(Spin-off to An Ember in the Ashes)
- Heir. 2024.
- TBA
Graphic novel prequel
- A Thief Among the Trees. 2020.
- A Spark Within the Forge. 2022.
- TBA
Contemporary
- All My Rage. 2022.
Short fiction
- "Reirin". From a Certain Point of View. Del Rey. 2017.
- Parker, Natalie C., ed. (2017). "Waiting". Three Sides of a Heart. HarperCollins.
- Chambers, Veronica; Giles, Jeff, eds. (2019). "News of the Day". The New York Times.
- Ahmed, Samira, ed. (2023). "What the Winds Stole". Magic Has No Borders. HarperTeen.
References
- ^ a b c d "'A Torch Against the Night' author Sabaa Tahir lights fantasy with dark true-life tales". EW.com. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- ^ "Sabaa Tahir | Penguin Random House". www.penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved January 5, 2018.
- ^ "The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time". Time. Retrieved October 19, 2020.
- ^ "School Library Journal".
- ^ "Printz Winner 'All My Rage' Shares Universal Experiences and Message of Hope Youth Media Awards". School Library Journal.
- ^ "The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks". The New York Times.
- ^ "Katniss Evergreen Hunger Games". The New York Times.
- ^ "MS. MARVEL: Why does Marvel's latest book succeed? Because its new Muslim teen superhero is 'sweet, conflicted and immensely relatable'". The Washington Post.
- ^ "The Ghosts of our Motel".
- ^ Diaz, Shelley. "Chatting with Sabaa Tahir, SLJTeen Live! 2018 Keynote Speaker". School Library Journal. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
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