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Tanaz Bhathena

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Young Adult, Contemporary, Fantasy

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Tanaz Bhathena is an award-winning Zoroastrian author of contemporary and fantasy fiction. Her young adult books include Hunted by the Sky, which won the White Pine Award and the Bapsi Sidhwa Literary Prize, and The Beauty of the Moment, which won the Nautilus Gold Award for Young Adult Fiction. Her acclaimed debut, A Girl Like That, was named a Best Book of the Year by numerous outlets including The Globe and Mail, Seventeen, and The Times of India. Her debut adult fantasy, Witch Daughter, will be published in fall 2026 by Grand Central.

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	A Girl Like That 3.66 avg rating — 4,548 ratings — published 2018 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hunted by the Sky (The Wrath of Ambar #1) 3.82 avg rating — 2,308 ratings — published 2020 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Beauty of the Moment 3.66 avg rating — 887 ratings — published 2019 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magic Has No Borders: A Young Adult Fantasy Anthology Reimagining South Asian Legends and Epics by Sona Charaipotra (Goodreads Author) (Editor/Contributor), Samira Ahmed (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Sabaa Tahir (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.82 avg rating — 784 ratings — published 2023 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rising Like a Storm (The Wrath of Ambar, #2) 3.84 avg rating — 656 ratings — published 2021 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Light and Shadow 3.68 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 2023 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Witch Daughter 4.23 avg rating — 35 ratings — expected publication 2026 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“It is strange, I thought, how we always recognize our best memories in hindsight.”
― Tanaz Bhathena, A Girl Like That

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“You're not weak if you talk to someone about your abuse.”
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“Love is always the answer when things go wrong.”
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