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by Sabaa Tahir · 2015

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First published
First published on April 28, 2015. Source: Wikidata, checked November 6, 2026.
Another edition on record
The Library of Congress record found by this book's ISBN describes another edition: a 446-page hardcover from Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House, ISBN 9781595148032. Source: Library of Congress, its record of another edition, checked November 6, 2026. 9781595148032 ... hardback ... 446 pages ... Razorbill, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Series
It is book 1 of the An Ember in the Ashes series. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026. An Ember in the Ashes ... An Ember in the Ashes
Next in the series
Book 2 is A Torch Against the Night. Source: penguinrandomhouse.com, checked November 6, 2026. An Ember in the Ashes ... A Torch Against the Night

How An Ember in the Ashes came to be

  1. After college, Tahir worked as a copy editor on the foreign desk of the Washington Post. Source: sabaatahir.com, checked November 6, 2026. a copy editor at the Washington Post’s foreign news desk
  2. The news she read there, on unlawful jailings, child soldiers and occupation, shaped how the series began. Source: sabaatahir.com, checked November 6, 2026. stories she read about extrajudicial jailings, child soldiers, genocide, and colonial occupations informed the beginnings
  3. The book took her six years to write, and it was published in 2015. Source: sabaatahir.com, checked November 6, 2026. Six years! ... She published An Ember in the Ashes in 2015

About Sabaa Tahir

Born
Born in 1983; Wikidata lists London, United Kingdom, as the place of birth. Source: Wikidata, with no reference of its own and the place's own entry, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors
Sabaa Tahir received the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2022, for All My Rage. Source: Wikidata, citing nationalbook.org, checked November 6, 2026.
Awards and honors
Sabaa Tahir received the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2022. Source: Wikidata, citing nationalbook.org, checked November 6, 2026.

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