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.
Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Young Adult Fiction, Science 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)
Series contributed to
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Violet Made of Thorns (2022)
(Violet Made of Thorns, book 1)
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Hollow Fires (2022)
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"With Hollow Fires, Samira Ahmed offers us an impossible-to-put-down thriller that is both spectacularly haunting and deeply thoughtful. Safiya and Jawad are not narrators we usually see, and their harrowing story is a wholly original commentary on perception, community, and the way society weighs one life against another."

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Realm Breaker (2021)
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"The entire time I was reading REALM BREAKER, I wanted one thing: for the book to never end. It is classic yet groundbreaking, romantic yet edgy, a rollicking adventure that carries you along at a relentless pace. A true fantasy masterpiece."
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