Sabaa Tahir

Sabaa Tahir
Tahir at the 2015 National Book Festival
Born 1983
United States
Occupation Novelist
Language English
Nationality American
Alma mater UCLA
Genre Fantasy
Notable works
Website
sabaatahir.com

Sabaa Tahir is a Pakistani-American[1] young-adult fiction writer, who is best known for her 2015 New York Times bestselling novel An Ember in the Ashes, as well as her 2016 novel A Torch Against the Night. She was formerly a Washington Post editor who has published her recent work through Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House.[2]

Biography

Tahir grew up in the Mojave Desert where her parents, immigrants from Pakistan,[3] owned a small motel. Since she did not have cable, she grew up surrounding herself with books.In High School she attended and graduated from Sherman E. Burroughs High School. She attended UCLA, during which time she interned at the Washington Post. After graduation, she took a job atThe Washington Post. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.[4]

Bibliography

An Ember in the Ashes

Tahir's first novel, An Ember in the Ashes was published on April 28, 2015.[5] The story takes place in an ancient fantasy world where a teenage girl is fighting to save her brother from prison, and a soldier battles to free himself from the regime. The novel instantly jumped to being a New York Bestseller where it held the number two spot. Amazon ranked it the best book for May, the best young adult book for 2015, and the fourth best book overall. Tahir sold the film rights to Paramount Pictures before the book was released, and it is now slated to be produced by Mark Johnson (The Chronicles of Narnia, The Notebook, Breaking Bad) and Haroon Saleem.[6]

A Torch Against the Night

Tahir's second novel was published in August 2016 and is a continuation on the story from her previous novel. Penguin Random House describes this addition to the series as such: “Set in a rich, high-fantasy world inspired by ancient Rome, Sabaa Tahir’s An Ember in the Ashes told the story of Laia, a slave fighting for her family, and Elias, a young soldier fighting for his freedom. Now, in A Torch Against the Night, Elias and Laia are running for their lives."[7]

A Reaper at the Gates

Sabaa Tahir's latest book, A Reaper at The Gates, was published on June 12, 2018.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "'A Torch Against the Night' author Sabaa Tahir lights fantasy with dark true-life tales". EW.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  2. ↑ "Sabaa Tahir | Penguin Random House". www.penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  3. ↑ Nico Pitney (18 October 2015). "Meet Sabaa Tahir, Who's Written 'The Next Game Of Thrones'". The Huffington Post.
  4. ↑ "'A Torch Against the Night' author Sabaa Tahir lights fantasy with dark true-life tales". EW.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  5. ↑ Rutkoski, Marie (2015-05-08). "'An Ember in the Ashes,' by Sabaa Tahir". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  6. ↑ "Razorbill, Paramount Preempt WaPo Ed's Debut In Major Deal". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  7. ↑ A Torch Against the Night by Sabaa Tahir | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
  8. ↑ A Reaper at the Gates by Sabaa Tahir | PenguinRandomHouse.com.
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