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National Book Foundation > Author > Sabaa Tahir
Sabaa Tahir is a former newspaper editor who grew up in California’s Mojave Desert at her family’s 18-room motel. Her #1 New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes series has been translated into more than 35 languages, and the first book in the series was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. More about this author >
Lahore, Pakistan. Then. Misbah is a dreamer and storyteller, newly married to Toufiq in an arranged match. After their young life is shaken by tragedy, they come to the United States and open the Clouds’ Rest Inn Motel, hoping for a new start. More about this book >
Sabaa Tahir is a former newspaper editor who grew up in California’s Mojave Desert at her family’s 18-room motel. Her #1 New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes series has been translated into more than 35 languages, and the first book in the series was named one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. Tahir’s most recent novel, All My Rage, won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Printz Medal, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry, and received eight starred reviews. Her nonfiction work has appeared in The Washington Post, the New York Times, and Vox.
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