Tahereh Mafi (November 10, 1988) is an Iranian-American author based in Santa Monica, California. She is known for writing young adult fiction.
Tahereh Mafi | |
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.jpg) Mafi at BookCon in 2018 | |
| Born | November 9, 1988 Connecticut, United States |
| Occupation | Author |
| Nationality | Iranian-American |
| Alma mater | Soka University |
| Genre | Young Adult literature |
| Notable works | Shatter Me |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
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Early life
editMafi was born on November 9, 1988, in a small town in Connecticut. She is the youngest child of her family and has four older brothers.[1] Mafi's parents are immigrants from Iran.[2] At age 12 she moved with her family to Northern California and at age 14 they moved to Orange County.[3]
Mafi graduated from University High School in Irvine, California. She later graduated from the Soka University of America in Aliso Viejo, California.[2] She has varying levels of competency in eight different languages. She studied abroad in Barcelona, Spain for a semester in college. During this trip she had the opportunity to be fully immersed in the Spanish language.[1]
Career
editMafi stated that before writing her first novel, Shatter Me, she wrote five manuscripts in order to better understand how to write a book.[4]
Shatter Me was published on November 15, 2011. Since then, Unravel Me (published on February 5, 2013) and Ignite Me (published on February 4, 2014) have been released. Mafi has 5 novellas that go with the Shatter Me series, Destroy Me, Fracture Me', Shadow Me, Reveal Me, and Believe Me.[5] Film rights to Shatter Me have been purchased by 20th Century Fox.[2]
In August 2016 Mafi released Furthermore, a middle-grade fiction novel about a pale girl living in a world of great color and magic of which she has none.[6]
In April 2017, Mafi announced another trilogy in the Shatter Me universe following the same cast of characters. The first installment, Restore Me, is told from a dual-POV from Juliette Ferrars and Warner, the protagonist and antagonist, respectively, in the original trilogy. Restore Me was published on March 6, 2018.
Mafi's next book, A Very Large Expanse of Sea, was released on October 16, 2018. It was longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award for Young People's Literature.[7]
Personal life
editMafi currently resides in Irvine, California, where she continues to write.[8] In 2013 she married author Ransom Riggs.[8][9] In March 2017, Mafi announced via Twitter that she was pregnant. She gave birth to a daughter, Layla, on 30 May 2017.[10][11] She identifies as Muslim. [12]
Bibliography
editThe Shatter Me series
- Shatter Me (2011)
- Unravel Me (2013)
- Ignite Me (2014)
- Restore Me (2018)
- Defy Me (2019)
- Imagine Me (2020)
Novellas
- Destroy Me (2012)
- Fracture Me (2013)
- Shadow Me (2019)
- Reveal Me (2019)
- Believe Me (2021)
The Shatter Me series: The New Republic (spin-off to The Shatter Me series)
- Watch Me (2025)
Furthermore series
- Furthermore (2016)
- Whichwood (2017)
This Woven Kingdom series
- This Woven Kingdom (2022)
- These Infinite Threads (2023)
- All This Twisted Glory (2024)
Standalones
- A Very Large Expanse of Sea (2018)
- An Emotion of Great Delight (2021)
Compilations
- Unite Me (2014) (Compilation of Destroy Me and Fracture Me)
- Find Me (2019) (Compilation of Shadow Me and Reveal Me)
References
edit- ^ a b "Tahereh Mafi Bio". Epic Readers: Your World. Your Books. HarperCollins Publishing.
- ^ a b c Minzesheimer, Bob (17 November 2011). "New Voices". USA Today. Academic Search Complete. p. 2d. Retrieved 3 February 2015.
- ^ "Not Just for Kids: Author Tahereh Mafi discusses 'Shatter Me'". LA Times. 2011-11-28. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
- ^ "Welcome to Tahereh Mafi's dystopia in the 'Shatter Me' series". GMA News Online. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
- ^ "Tahereh Mafi". Tahereh Mafi: young Adult Author. Retrieved 23 April 2014.
- ^ "'Shatter Me' author Tahereh Mafi previews next project, 'Furthermore'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
- ^ "National Book Awards 2018 – National Book Foundation". www.nationalbook.org. Retrieved 2018-10-11.
- ^ a b Kellogg, Carolyn (2014-01-09). "Ransom Riggs and Tahereh Mafi's home for bestselling authors". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
- ^ "The Future of Books Is Experimental: At Home with Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs". Mental Floss. 27 February 2014. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
- ^ "birth announcement". Instagram.
- ^ "How Author Tahereh Mafi Made Her Family-Friendly Kitchen Her Own". Architectural Digest. August 2, 2021.
- ^ Nordstrom, Leigh (2021-08-19). "Tahereh Mafi Explores Being a Muslim Woman in Post-9/11 America Through Her Writing". WWD. Retrieved 2024-10-30.
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