Sabaa Tahir
Autor de An Ember in the Ashes
Sobre El Autor
Sabaa Tahir grew up in California's Mojave Desert at her family's 18-room motel. After graduating from UCLA, she worked at The Washington Post for five years. She is the author of the An Ember in the Ashes series. The first book in the series, An Ember in the Ashes, made the New York Times mostrar más Bestseller list in 2016. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de Sabaa Tahir
SNEAK PEEK: An Ember in the Ashes 4 copias
Reirin {short story} 1 copia
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Tahir, Sabaa
- Nombre legal
- Tahir, Sabaa
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1983
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- País (para mapa)
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- London, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Mojave Desert, USA
San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA - Educación
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Ocupaciones
- Journalist
Author - Organizaciones
- The Washington Post
- Agente
- Alexandra Machinist
- Biografía breve
- Tahir grew up in the Mojave Desert in Ridgecrest, California with her parents and two older brothers. Her parents 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.
Tahir's first novel, An Ember in the Ashes, was published on April 28, 2015. The story takes place in an ancient fantasy world where a teenage girl is fighting to save her brother from prison, and a soldier battles to free himself from the regime. The novel instantly jumped to being a New York Times Bestseller where it held the number two spot. Amazon ranked it the best book for May, the best young adult book for 2015, and the fourth best book overall.
Tahir's second novel was published on August 30, 2016 and is a continuation on the story from her previous novel. Penguin Random House describes this addition to the series as such: “Set in a rich, high-fantasy world inspired by ancient Rome, Sabaa Tahir’s An Ember in the Ashes told the story of Laia, a slave fighting for her family, and Elias, a young soldier fighting for his freedom. Now, in A Torch Against the Night, Elias and Laia are running for their lives."
Sabaa Tahir's latest book, A Reaper at The Gates, was published on June 12, 2018. The story follows Laia, a scholar girl, on a mission to defeat the night bringer; Elias, the current soul catcher, tries to learn the ways of soul catcher and Helene, the blood shrike; tries to defeat the enemies of the empire. The novel is narrated in the first-person, alternating between the points of view of Laia, Elias and Helene.
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- Reseñas
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