Sabaa Tahir#An Ember in the Ashes series
{{short description|American young adult novelist}}
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{{Infobox writer
| name = Sabaa Tahir
| image = Sabaa Tahir - 2015 National Book Festival (5).jpg
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| caption = Tahir at the 2015 National Book Festival
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| nationality = American
| occupation = Novelist
| language = English
| alma_mater = UCLA
| genre = Fantasy
| notableworks = {{Plainlist|
- An Ember in the Ashes series
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| awards = National Book Award
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| website = {{URL|sabaatahir.com}}
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Sabaa Tahir is an American young adult novelist best known for her New York Times-bestselling An Ember in the Ashes, its sequels, and the novel All My Rage.{{Cite web|url=https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/226080/sabaa-tahir|title=Sabaa Tahir {{!}} Penguin Random House|website=www.penguinrandomhouse.com|language=en-US|access-date=2018-01-05}}
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.{{Cite magazine|title=The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time|url=https://time.com/collection/100-best-fantasy-books/|access-date=2020-10-19|magazine=Time}} In 2022, her novel All My Rage won the 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature{{cite web | url=https://www.slj.com/story/aint-burned-all-the-bright-by-jason-reynolds-all-my-rage-by-sabaa-tahir-win-2022-boston-globe%E2%80%93horn-book-awards | title=School Library Journal }} and the Michael L. Printz Award.{{Cite web |url=https://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/story/Printz-Winner-All-My-Rage-Shares-Universal-Experiences-and-Message-of-Hope-Says-Author-Sabaa-Tahir-2023|title=Printz Winner ‘All My Rage’ Shares Universal Experiences and Message of Hope Youth Media Awards|work= School Library Journal}}
Tahir has also published non-fiction reviews and essays in The New York Times,{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/books/review/the-nameless-city-by-faith-erin-hicks.html|title=The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks|website=The New York Times }}{{cite web | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/books/katniss-everdeen-hunger-games.html|title= Katniss Evergreen Hunger Games|website= The New York Times}} The Washington Post{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/ms-marvel-why-does-marvels-new-reboot-succeed-because-its-muslim-teen-superhero-is-sweet-conflicted-and-utterly-relatable/2014/02/04/42908ac8-8dc6-11e3-95dd-36ff657a4dae_blog.html|title=MS. MARVEL: Why does Marvel's latest book succeed? Because its new Muslim teen superhero is 'sweet, conflicted and immensely relatable'|newspaper=The Washington Post }} and Vox.{{cite web | url=https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22770860/sabaa-tahir-motel-families-immigrants|title=The Ghosts of our Motel}}
Life
Tahir grew up in the Mojave Desert in Ridgecrest, California, with her parents and two older brothers. Her parents had emigrated from Pakistan to the United Kingdom before moving their family to the United States. She attended UCLA, during which time she interned at The Washington Post. After graduation, she took a job there as a copy editor.{{Cite web|url=http://www.slj.com/?detailStory=sljteen_sabaa-tahir-interview|title=Chatting with Sabaa Tahir, SLJTeen Live! 2018 Keynote Speaker|last=Diaz|first=Shelley|website=School Library Journal|access-date=2019-04-06}} She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.{{Cite news|url=http://ew.com/article/2016/09/02/author-sabaa-tahir-ignites-dark-truths-torch-against-night/|title='A Torch Against the Night' author Sabaa Tahir lights fantasy with dark true-life tales|work=EW.com|access-date=2018-01-05|language=en}}
Bibliography
=Fantasy=
==''An Ember in the Ashes'' series==
- {{cite book|title=An Ember in the Ashes|date=2015}}
- {{cite book|title=A Torch Against the Night|date=2016}}
- {{cite book|title=A Reaper at the Gates|date=2018}}
- {{cite book|title=A Sky Beyond the Storm|date=2020}}
=====Heir duology=====
(Spin-off to An Ember in the Ashes)
- {{cite book|title=Heir|date=2024}}
- TBA
===Graphic novel prequel===
- {{cite book|title=A Thief Among the Trees|date=2020}}
- {{cite book|title=A Spark Within the Forge|date=2022}}
- TBA
=Contemporary=
- {{cite book|title=All My Rage|date=2022}}
=Short fiction=
- {{cite book|date=2017|chapter=Reirin|title=From a Certain Point of View|publisher=Del Rey}}
- {{cite book|editor-last1=Parker|editor-first1=Natalie C.|date=2017|chapter=Waiting|title=Three Sides of a Heart|publisher=HarperCollins}}
- {{cite journal|editor1-last=Chambers|editor1-first=Veronica|editor2-last=Giles|editor2-first=Jeff|date=2019|title=News of the Day|journal=The New York Times}}
- {{cite book|editor-last1=Ahmed|editor-first1=Samira|date=2023|chapter=What the Winds Stole|title=Magic Has No Borders|publisher=HarperTeen}}
References
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{{Michael L. Printz Award Winners}}
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Category:21st-century American novelists
Category:American fantasy writers
Category:American writers of Pakistani descent
Category:Writers from the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:American women novelists
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:Novelists from California
Category:American women science fiction and fantasy writers
Category:American writers of young adult literature
Category:American women writers of young adult literature
Category:People from Ridgecrest, California
Category:National Book Award for Young People's Literature winners