Saara El-Arifi

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The Final Strife

Saara El-Arifi is a British author of adult Fantasy novels.

Work

El-Arifi is published by Del Rey Books in the USA and HarperVoyager in the UK[1]. Her debut The Final Strife was a The Sunday Times Bestseller List [2][3][4][5]. The Final Strife is the first part of The Ending Fire trilogy[6] with roots in Arabian and African mythology[7][8][9]. The trilogy sold in two six-figure deals[10] and was selected as one of Amazon (company) best books of 2022[11][12].

Personal life

El-Arifi grew up in Abu Dhabi, UAE, before moving to the the UK. She is of Ghanaian, British and Sudanese descent[13][14].

References

  1. Final Strife, by By Saara El-Arifi. | Booklist Online.
  2. "Saara El-Arifi discusses her visionary debut novel, THE FINAL STRIFE!". Forbidden Planet. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  3. "Saara El-Arifi's debut fantasy epic THE FINAL STRIFE is the #4 Sunday Times Bestseller". Mushens Entertainment. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  4. "The Final Strife by Saara El-Arifi". www.pubishersweekly.com. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  5. Times, The Sunday. "The Sunday Times Bestsellers List — the UK's definitive book sales chart". ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  6. "Women in SF&F Month: Saara El-Arifi | Fantasy Cafe". 2022-04-14. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  7. Krug, Kate (2022-01-06). "10 of the Most Exciting 2022 Debuts to Preorder Now". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  8. "11 Summer Titles That Will Make You Laugh, Cry Or Just Feel Something". HuffPost UK. 2022-08-01. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  9. Herndon, Jaime (2022-08-29). "SFF I'm Reading Right Now to Escape the Hellscape That is Our Timeline". BOOK RIOT. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  10. "Double six-figure deals for African-inspired epic fantasy debut". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  11. Fiorillo, Katherine. "The 20 best books of 2022 so far, according to Amazon editors". Business Insider. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  12. locusmag (2022-11-17). "Amazon Best Books of 2022". Locus Online. Retrieved 2022-12-12.
  13. "Saara El-Arifi | 'I think one of the things that's freeing about fantasy is that I can also break free of the binary'". The Bookseller. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  14. "If You're Going to Read One Book In June, Make It This One". Apartment Therapy. Retrieved 2022-12-12.

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