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'{{Infobox writer <!-- For more information see [[:Template:Infobox Writer/doc]]. --> | image = Tahereh Mafi (21994).jpg | image_size = 220 | alt = | caption = Mafi at [[BookCon]] in 2018 | pseudonym = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = [[Connecticut]], [[United States]] | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | resting_place = | occupation = Author | language = | nationality = American | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = [[Soka University of America|Soka University]] | period = | genre = [[Young Adult literature]] | subject = | movement = | notableworks = ''Shatter Me'' | spouse = [[Ransom Riggs]] (m. 2013–present) | partner = | children = 1 | relatives = | awards = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = {{URL|http://taherehbooks.com/}} | portaldisp = | ethnicity = Iranian-American | influences = | influenced = }} '''Tahereh Mafi''' is an [[Iranian Americans|Iranian-American]], [[The New York Times|New York Times]] and [[USA Today]] best selling author based in [[Santa Monica, California]]. She is known for writing [[young adult fiction]]. She is an awesome writer, known for writing the Shatter Me series (which you should try reading right now!). ==Biography== Mafi was born in a small town in [[Connecticut]]. She is the youngest child of her family and has four older brothers.<ref name="Mafi Bio" /> Mafi's parents are immigrants from [[Iran]].<ref name=USAtoday>{{cite news|last1=Minzesheimer|first1=Bob|title=New Voices|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=J0E055347858211&site=ehost-live|accessdate=3 February 2015|work=USA Today|publisher=Academic Search Complete|date=17 November 2011|page=2d}}</ref> At age 12 she moved with her family to [[Northern California]] and at age 14 they moved to [[Orange County, California|Orange County]].<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2011/11/shatter-me.html|title = Not Just for Kids: Author Tahereh Mafi discusses 'Shatter Me'|date = 2011-11-28|website = LA Times|language = en-US|access-date = 2016-04-20}}</ref> Mafi graduated from University High School in [[Irvine, California]]. She later graduated from [[Soka University of America]] in [[Aliso Viejo, California]].<ref name="USAtoday" /> 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.<ref name="Mafi Bio">{{cite web|title=Tahereh Mafi Bio|url=http://www.epicreads.com/authors/tahereh-mafi/386/|work=Epic Readers: Your World. Your Books.|publisher=HarperCollins Publishing}}</ref> Before writing her first novel ''Shatter Me,'' Mafi stated she wrote five manuscripts in order to better understand how to write a book.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/298353/lifestyle/welcome-to-tahereh-mafi-s-dystopia-in-the-shatter-me-series|title = Welcome to Tahereh Mafi’s dystopia in the 'Shatter Me' series|website = GMA News Online|access-date = 2016-04-20}}</ref> [[Shatter Me]] was her first novel and was published on November 15, 2011. Since that point [[Unravel Me]] (published on February 5, 2013) and Ignite Me (published on February 4, 2014) have been published. She also has two e-books that go with the Shatter Me series, [[Destroy Me]] and Fracture Me.<ref name="Official Website">{{cite web|url=http://www.taherehbooks.com/#!the-author|title=Tahereh Mafi|work=Tahereh Mafi: young Adult Author|accessdate=23 April 2014}}</ref> Film rights to ''Shatter Me'' have been purchased by [[20th Century Fox|20th Century Fox films]].<ref name=USAtoday /> In August 2016 she released ''Furthermore,'' a [[Young adult fiction|middle-grade fiction]] novel about a pale girl living in a world of great color and magic of which she has none.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/01/tahereh-mafi-furthermore|title='Shatter Me' author Tahereh Mafi previews next project, 'Furthermore'|website=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=2016-04-20}}</ref> In April 2017, Mafi announced another trilogy in the Shatter Me universe following the same cast of characters. The first to be called Restore Me and is told from a [[Dual narrative|dual-POV]] from Juliette Ferrars, the protagonist of the original trilogy, and Warner, the antagonist in the first book. The book was published on March 6, 2018. ===Personal life=== Mafi currently resides in Santa Monica, California, where she continues to write.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2014/jan/09/entertainment/la-ca-jc-ransom-riggs-tahereh-mafi-20140112|title=Ransom Riggs and Tahereh Mafi's home for bestselling authors|last=Kellogg|first=Carolyn|date=2014-01-09|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035|access-date=2016-04-20}}</ref> In 2013 she married author [[Ransom Riggs]].<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/55267/future-books-experimental-home-tahereh-mafi-and-ransom-riggs|title=The Future of Books Is Experimental: At Home with Tahereh Mafi and Ransom Riggs|website=Mental Floss|access-date=2016-04-20}}</ref> In March 2017, Mafi announced she was pregnant via Twitter. She gave birth to a daughter on 30 May 2017. ==Work== '''The Juliette Chronicles''' *''[[Shatter Me]]'' (2011) *''[[Unravel Me]]'' (2013) *''Ignite Me'' (2014) *''Restore Me'' (2018) E-books: *''[[Destroy Me]]'' (2012) *''Fracture Me'' (2013) *''Unite Me'' (2014) '''Other Works''' *''Furthermore'' (2016) *''Whichwood'' (2017) *''A Very Large Expanse of Sea'' (2018) She also wrote "Uncharted" ==References== {{commonscat}} {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Mafi, Tahereh}} [[Category:1988 births]] [[Category:American women novelists]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:American people of Iranian descent]] [[Category:Novelists from Connecticut]] [[Category:21st-century American novelists]] [[Category:21st-century American women writers]] [[Category:Iranian writers]] [[Category:Iranian women novelists]] [[Category:Soka University of America alumni]] [[Category:People from Irvine, California]] [[Category:Novelists from California]]'