Sabaa Tahir grew up in Californias Mojave Desert at her familys eighteen-room motel. There, she spent her time devouring fantasy novels, raiding her brothers comic book stash, and playing guitar badly. She began writing An Ember in the Ashes while working nights as a newspaper editor. She likes thunderous indie rock, garish socks, and all things nerd. Sabaa currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.
Awards: Printz (2023), NBA (2022) see all
Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction
Series
Ember in the Ashes
1. An Ember in the Ashes (2015)
2. A Torch Against the Night (2016)
3. A Reaper at the Gates (2018)
4. A Sky Beyond the Storm (2020)
1. An Ember in the Ashes (2015)
2. A Torch Against the Night (2016)
3. A Reaper at the Gates (2018)
4. A Sky Beyond the Storm (2020)
Ember in the Ashes Graphic Novel (with Nicole Andelfinger and Sonia Liao)
A Thief Among the Trees (2020)
A Spark Within the Forge (2022)
A Thief Among the Trees (2020)
A Spark Within the Forge (2022)
Novels
Anthologies edited
Magic Has No Borders (2023) (with Samira Ahmed, Shreya Ila Anasuya, Nafiza Azad, Naila Azad, Tracey Baptiste, Tanaz Bathena, Olivia Chadha, Sona Charaipotra, Sayantani DasGupta, Nikita Gill, Naz Kutub, Sangu Mandanna and Swati Teerdhala)
Books containing stories by Sabaa Tahir
Foreshadow (2020)
Stories to Celebrate the Magic of Reading and Writing YA
edited by
Emily X R Pan and Nova Ren Suma
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Sabaa Tahir recommends
Stars and Smoke (2023)
(Stars and Smoke, book 1)
Marie Lu
"A nail-biting thriller and a breathless romance, a keen character study and a wildly entertaining international caper . . with characters so charming and wounded and well-crafted that you'll want them to walk off the page."
As Long as the Lemon Trees Grow (2022)
Zoulfa Katouh
"A searing story of war, loss, family and love, of seeking grace in madness and hope in tragedy, AS LONG AS THE LEMON TREES GROW is a phenomenal tale, a piercing keen for the Syria that was and the Syria that is. An absolute must read."
Violet Made of Thorns (2022)
(Violet Made of Thorns, book 1)
Gina Chen
"An enchanting dark fantasy that turns tropes upside down while making us fall in love with the titular Violet, whose droll opinions and cunning self-protectiveness offer us a beautifully layered and endlessly fascinating narrator."
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