Tahereh Mafi is a #1 New York Times bestselling, #1 international bestselling, and National Book Award-nominated author of over a dozen novels. Best known for the Shatter Me series, her books have sold millions of copies and have been translated into over thirty languages.

She was born on November 9, 1988, in a small city in Connecticut and currently resides in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, fellow author Ransom Riggs, and their daughter. She can usually be found over-caffeinated and stuck in a book.

Her first contemporary novel, A Very Large Expanse of Sea, was named by Time magazine as one of "the best YA books of all time" and is in development for film with Levantine Films. Her most recent novel, the second book in a new fantasy series, These Infinite Threads, is on shelves now. Her work is represented by Jodi Reamer of Writers House, LLC.