Sarah Rivens
{{short description|Algerian writer}}
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{{Infobox writer
| image = Sarah Rivens 2022.png
| caption = Rivens in 2022
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|12|19}}
| nationality = Algerian
| birth_place = Algiers, Algeria
}}
Sarah Rivens (in Arabic: سارة ريفنز) is an Algerian writer born on 19 December 1998 in Algiers.
As of early 2023, Rivens was the best-selling author in France{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-22|date=2023-02-08|first1=Par|first2=rine Bajos Le 8 février 2023|language=fr-FR|last1=S|last2=à 16h41|title=Ventes de livres : qui est Sarah Rivens, la jeune autrice algérienne qui a détrôné le prince Harry ?|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/livres/ventes-de-livres-qui-est-sarah-rivens-la-jeune-autrice-algerienne-qui-a-detrone-le-prince-harry-08-02-2023-4O2REHUKUNGVPHJKU2MBZPPM2I.php|website=leparisien.fr}}{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-22|date=2023-02-07|language=fr|last=rima.a|title=France : une romancière algérienne détrône les mémoires du prince Harry|url=https://www.algerie360.com/france-une-romanciere-algerienne-detrone-les-memoires-du-prince-harry/|website=www.algerie360.com}} through her series "Captive".{{cite web|access-date=2023-04-09|date=2023-03-28|language=en-GB|title=Algerian woman's book sales exceed Prince Harry's memoir|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230328-algerian-womans-book-sales-exceed-prince-harrys-memoir/|website=Middle East Monitor}} She is currently the most read Algerian author in its history,{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-23|date=2023-03-22|first=Lamia|language=fr|last=F|title=À seulement 24 ans, l'Algérienne Sarah Rivens devient l'écrivaine la plus lue au monde|url=https://www.algerie360.com/a-seulement-24-ans-lalgerienne-sarah-rivens-devient-lecrivaine-la-plus-lue-au-monde/|website=www.algerie360.com}} with 9 million reads.{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-23|date=2023-03-14|language=fr|title=Qui est Sarah Rivens, l'autrice algéroise de 24 ans qui truste les ventes de fiction ?|url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/un-monde-nouveau/un-monde-nouveau-du-mardi-14-mars-2023-5472161|website=France Inter}}
Biography
In 2019, Rivens published her writing on Wattpad and gained recognition on social media.{{Cite web |title=Biographie de l'auteur Sarah Rivens |url=https://booknode.com/auteur/sarah-rivens/biographie |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=booknode.com}}
= Captive =
Rivens became popular with her Captive series, which was initially published on Wattpad under the pseudonym "theblurredgirl" in late 2020 and early 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic.{{Cite web |title=theblurredgirl |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21846320.theblurredgirl |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=www.goodreads.com}} The series was popular on TikTok with the hashtag #captivewattpad, generating 9 million views on the platform.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-28 |title=Algerian woman's book sales exceed Prince Harry's memoir |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230328-algerian-womans-book-sales-exceed-prince-harrys-memoir/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Middle East Monitor |language=en-GB}}
Rivens is signed with publishers Hlab. The Captive trilogy has been translated into 9 languages and sold approximately 300,000 copies in physical and 50,000 in digital. As of April 2023, sales continued at a pace of over 5,000 copies per week.{{Cite web |title=" Captive ", de l'Algérienne Sarah Rivens, un phénomène littéraire XXL – Jeune Afrique |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1432235/culture/captive-de-lalgerienne-sarah-rivens-un-phenomene-litteraire-xxl/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}}
Publications
- {{cite book|title=Lakestone}}{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-27|language=en|title=Lakestone|url=https://www.goodreads.com/work/94885624-lakestone|website=Goodreads}}
- {{cite book|date=8 June 2022|isbn=978-2017206934|publisher=Hachette Lab|title=Captive - tome 1}}
- {{cite book|date=2 November 2022|isbn=978-2017206941|publisher=Hachette Lab|title=Captive 1.5 - Perfectly Wrong}}
- {{cite book|date=7 December 2022|isbn=978-2017206958|publisher=Hachette Lab|title=Captive - tome 2}}{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-26|date=2023-02-08|first1=Par|first2=rine Bajos Le 8 février 2023|language=fr-FR|last1=S|last2=à 16h41|title=Ventes de livres : qui est Sarah Rivens, la jeune autrice algérienne qui a détrôné le prince Harry ?|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/livres/ventes-de-livres-qui-est-sarah-rivens-la-jeune-autrice-algerienne-qui-a-detrone-le-prince-harry-08-02-2023-4O2REHUKUNGVPHJKU2MBZPPM2I.php|website=leparisien.fr}}
- {{cite book|date=9 December 2022|publisher=Hachette Lab|title=Captive - tome 2 Bonus}}
References
See also
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Category:21st-century Algerian women writers