Sabaa Tahir Explained

Sabaa Tahir
Nationality:American
Occupation:Novelist
Language:English
Alma Mater:UCLA
Genre:Fantasy
Awards:National Book Award
Boston Globe–Horn Book Award
Michael L. Printz Award

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.[1]

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.[2] In 2022, her novel All My Rage won the 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature[3] and the Michael L. Printz Award.[4]

Tahir has also published non-fiction reviews and essays in The New York Times,[5] [6] The Washington Post [7] and Vox.[8]

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.[9] She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.[10]

Bibliography

Fantasy

An Ember in the Ashes series

Graphic novel prequel

Heir Duology

(Spin-off to An Ember in the Ashes)

Contemporary

Short fiction

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sabaa Tahir Penguin Random House. www.penguinrandomhouse.com. en-US. 2018-01-05.
  2. The 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time. 2020-10-19. Time.
  3. Web site: School Library Journal .
  4. Web site: Printz Winner ‘All My Rage’ Shares Universal Experiences and Message of Hope Youth Media Awards. School Library Journal.
  5. Web site: The Nameless City by Faith Erin Hicks. .
  6. Web site: Katniss Evergreen Hunger Games. The New York Times.
  7. News: MS. MARVEL: Why does Marvel's latest book succeed? Because its new Muslim teen superhero is 'sweet, conflicted and immensely relatable'. .
  8. Web site: The Ghosts of our Motel.
  9. Web site: Chatting with Sabaa Tahir, SLJTeen Live! 2018 Keynote Speaker. Diaz. Shelley. School Library Journal. 2019-04-06.
  10. News: 'A Torch Against the Night' author Sabaa Tahir lights fantasy with dark true-life tales. EW.com. 2018-01-05. en.