
Né(e): November 07, 1983 – London, England, United Kingdom
Sabaa Tahir is an American novelist who writes young adult fantasy and contemporary fiction centered on power, resistance, trauma, and identity. She is best known for the #1 New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes series and All My Rage, which won the National Book Award and the Printz Award.
Sabaa Tahir’s writing life grew out of an unusually transient childhood. Born in London and raised in California’s Mojave Desert, she spent her early years at her family’s 18-room motel, a place of constant arrivals and departures that sharpened her sense of impermanence and observation. She has spoken about the isolation of Ridgecrest, the racism and exclusion she experienced there, and the way books became both refuge and education. Storytelling began early in conversations with her mother and in handwritten fantasy drafts; at UCLA, where she majored in communication and wrote for the Daily Bruin, that private imaginative life met journalism and public language. ((https://www.firstdraftpod.com/episode-transcripts/2017/11/23/sabaa-tahir))

Sabaa Tahir
Immigrant dreams collide with American reality in award-winning heartbreak.

Sabaa Tahir
Empire-defying rebels ignite revolution in brutal, boundary-breaking fantasy masterpiece.

Sabaa Tahir
Empire crumbles as destiny and darkness collide in war-torn fantasy

Sabaa Tahir
Immigrant dreams collide with American reality in award-winning heartbreak.

Sabaa Tahir
Empire-defying rebels ignite revolution in brutal, boundary-breaking fantasy masterpiece.

Sabaa Tahir
Empire crumbles as destiny and darkness collide in war-torn fantasy
"This is not the Sabaa Tahir you know, but it’s the Sabaa Tahir you need to know"
— Jodi Picoult
"Sabaa Tahir’s razor-sharp writing never shies away from the world’s harshness while always finding the light in the dark"
— Adam Silvera
"In a triumphant return to her glorious world, Sabaa Tahir blazes a new trail"
— Victoria Aveyard
"Former journalist Sabaa Tahir writes dystopian fantasies inspired by the news"
— NPR
"Sabaa Tahir shows us the healing, redemptive power of forgiveness, of hope, of connection in her stunning contemporary debut"
— Samira Ahmed
"Sabaa Tahir is an expert storyteller and Heir is another feather in her cap"
— Booklist
"Sabaa Tahir Is Ready to Talk About Rage"
— TIME
"We all know Sabaa Tahir is a master at creating epic fantasy worlds filled with terrifying, imaginary monsters"
— Nicola Yoon
"Sabaa Tahir is an unmatched storyteller—I’ll read anything she writes"
— Alex Aster
"Sabaa Tahir Refuses to Pull Her Punches"
— ELLE
Cree par des anciens de Columbia University a San Francisco
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