Meet Sabaa Tahir, Who's Written 'The Next Game Of Thrones'

[LiberalArkie]

The launch of Sabaa Tahir's debut novel, "An Ember in the Ashes," is the stuff of literary legend.

The book "was greeted with such breathless accolades before its April release that it seemed unlikely it could live up to the hype," the New York Times reported, before concluding: "The hype appears justified."

Ahead of the book's debut, Paramount Pictures bought the film rights in a seven-figure deal and foreign publishing rights were sold in 24 countries; "Ember" hit #2 on the young adult best seller's list in its first week, and Tahir subsequently signed on to write a sequel (whose title was announced last month).

"An Ember in the Ashes" is frequently described as an amalgam of three other wildly popular fantasy series. "It has the addictive quality of 'The Hunger Games' combined with the fantasy of 'Harry Potter' and the brutality of 'Game of Thrones,'" said one review for Public Radio International.


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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/sabaa-tahir-ember-ashes-profile_561e8470e4b028dd7ea608d6

[still_one]

1. Since George Martin can't seem to finish his last two books in the series, why not introduce a new s

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Fascinating stuff! Wow. Thanks. n/t