Saara El-Arifi
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Saara El-Arifi is represented by Juliet Mushens
Saara El-Arifi is the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Final Strife and The Battle Drum, the first two installments of The Ending Fire Trilogy inspired by her Ghanaian and Sudanese heritage.
El-Arifi knew she was a storyteller from the moment she told her first lie. Over the years, she has perfected her tall tales into epic ones. She has lived in many countries, had many jobs, and owned many more cats. After a decade of working in marketing and communications, she returned to academia to complete a master’s degree in African studies alongside her writing career. She currently resides in London as a full-time procrastinator.
The first book in Saara’s Faebound trilogy was an instant Sunday Times bestseller when it published in January 2024 with HarperVoyager.
She is also writing two historical retellings of Cleopatra and The Queen of Sheba, the first of which will publish in 2025 with The Borough Press.
Rights sold:
The Final Strife: HarperVoyager (UK), Del Rey (US), De Saxus (France), and Oscar Vault Mondadori (Italy).
Faebound: HarperVoyager (UK), Del Rey (US), HarperCollins (Brazil), Slovart (Czech), Gummerus (Finland), De Saxus (France), Hoffmann & Campe (Germany), Gummerus (Finland), Neon (Italy), Literackie (Poland), Slovart (Slovakia), Faeris (Spain), and Fabula (Ukraine).
Cleopatra: TBP (UK), Ballantine (US), Hoffmann & Campe (Germany), Neon (Italy), HarperCollins (The Netherlands), Bookzone (Romania), Albatros (Slovakia) and Anaya (Spain).
Queen of Sheba: TBP (UK), Ballantine (US), and Neon (Italy).