Sabaa Tahir
Sabaa Tahir is a peoples young adult novelist best known for her New York Times-bestselling An Ember in the Ashes, its sequels, and the novel All My Rage. 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. In 2022, her novel All My Rage won the 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the Michael L. In 2025, her novel Heir was shortlisted for the inaugural New Adult Book Prize, won the Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel – Young Adult, and the Libby Award for Young Adult Book of the Year.
Sabaa Tahir
- Name
- Sabaa Tahir
- Occupation
- Novelist
- Education
- UCLA
- Awards
- National Book Award Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Michael L.
- Born
- 1983 · London.
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- fantasy literature · young adult literature
- Honours
- National Book Award for Young People's Literature
- Languages
- English
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Sabaa Tahir is a peoples young adult novelist best known for her New York Times-bestselling An Ember in the Ashes, its sequels, and the novel All My Rage. 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. In 2022, her novel All My Rage won the 2022 Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, the National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the Michael L. In 2025, her novel Heir was shortlisted for the inaugural New Adult Book Prize, won the Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel – Young Adult, and the Libby Award for Young Adult Book of the Year.
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Biography
Biography
Tahir has also published non-fiction reviews and essays in The New York Times, The Washington Post and Vox.
Sabaa Tahir studied at University of California, Los Angeles and Sherman E. Burroughs High School. The recorded working language is English. The field of work recorded is fantasy literature and young adult literature. Places of work recorded in the authority are Los Altos. Distinctions recorded are National Book Award for Young People's Literature.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Sabaa Tahir • Occupation — Novelist • Language — English • Education — UCLA • Genre — Fantasy • Notable Works — * An Ember in the Ashes series • All My Rage • Awards — National Book Award Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Michael L. Printz Award • Website — sabaatahir.com
Life
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. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
An Ember in the Ashes series
An Ember in the Ashes series
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Heir duology
Heir duology
(Spin-off to An Ember in the Ashes) • – winner of the 2025 Ignyte Award for Outstanding Novel – Young Adult, and the Libby Award for Young Adult Book of the Year. *
Graphic novels
Graphic novels
(Prequel to An Ember in the Ashes) * * • TBA
Contemporary
Contemporary
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Short fiction
Short fiction
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