Tasha Suri is a British

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and former

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. Her

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''Empire of Sand'' (2018) won Suri the Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award at the 2019

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s and was listed by ''Time'' as one of the 100 best fantasy books of all time in 2020. In 2022, her novel '' The Jasmine Throne'' won the

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for Best Novel.

Life and career

Suri was born in

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parents; they often returned to

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for vacations. She studied English and

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. Formerly an academic librarian at

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, she is now a full-time writer. Suri lives in London with her family, a cat, and two rabbits. She identifies as

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Bibliography

The ''Burning Kingdoms'' Trilogy

* '' The Jasmine Throne'' (2021) * ''The Oleander Sword'' (2022) * ''The Lotus Empire'' (2024)

The ''Books of Ambha'' Duology

* ''Empire of Sand'' (2018) * ''Realm of Ash'' (2019)

Young Adult

* ''What Souls Are Made Of: A

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the ...

Remix'' (2022) * ''Doctor Who: The Cradle'' (2023)

References

External links

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