Episode Summary

In this episode, Kelly and Alix interview bestselling author Sabaa Tahir upon the release of her new fantasy novel, Heir.

Author Bio

Sabaa Tahir is a former newspaper editor who grew up in California's Mojave Desert at her family's eighteen-room motel. There, she spent her time devouring fantasy novels, listening to thunderous indie rock, and playing guitar and piano badly. Her #1 New York Times bestselling An Ember in the Ashes series has been translated into more than thirty-five languages, and the first book in the series was named one of TIME's 100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time. Tahir's most recent novel, All My Rage, won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Printz Award, and the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Fiction and Poetry.

Visit Sabaa online at SabaaTahir.com and follow her on Instagram or Twitter @SabaaTahir and TikTok @SabaaTahirAuthor.

Topics Discussed

• [2:00 ] Heir by Sabaa Tahir
• [4:04 ] Inspiration Behind Heir
• [14:15 ] The Writing Process
• [20:47 ] Becoming a Writer
• [21:41 ] Advice for Writers
• [29:00 ] Takeaways for Readers
• [33:15 ] Inspiration from Authors
• [36:38 ] Writing New Genres
• [38:30 ] Final Questions

Books Mentioned

• An Ember in the Ashes by Sabaa Tahir
• A Sky Beyond the Storm by Sabaa Tahir
• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
• All My Rage by Sabba Tahir
• The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
• Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu
• The Maid by Nita Prose
• The Maid and the Crocodile by Jordan Ifueko
• This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone

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