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Sabaa Tahir
American young adult novelist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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.
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References
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