Tahereh Mafi
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About
New York Times best-selling young adult novelist who is known for The Juliette Chronicles/Shatter Me trilogy of books. She published these between 2011 and 2014, and they consisted of Shatter Me, Unravel Me, and Ignite Me. Her fame as an author has led her to amass more than 340,000 followers on her tahereh Instagram page.
Before Fame
She earned her undergraduate degree from Soka University. She would write 5 novel mock-ups before having her first book, Shatter Me, published in November 2011.
Trivia
She released three e-books between each novel in the Shatter Me series, which were told from different characters' points of view. She announced the August 2016 publication date for her book Furthermore in late 2015.
Family Life
She is the youngest of five children and has four older brothers. She first moved to California at age 12 with her family. In 2013, she married fellow author Ransom Riggs; they welcomed their first child, a daughter, in May 2017.
Associated With
She and fellow young adult novelist Stephenie Meyer are both known for their frequent use of supernatural themes.
