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Shannon Chakraborty is the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of The Daevabad Trilogy and The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages and nominated for the Hugo, Locus, World Fantasy, Crawford, and Astounding awards. You can find her online at www.sachakraborty.com or on Instagram at @SAChakrabooks. ...more

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I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed the book! I can tell already that it'll be my Book of the Year, and I really wish the sequel would be out a little(a lot) sooner! This book was what I've been looking for in a very long time, and I'll have to look long and hard to find something that'll satisfy my addiction until the sequel comes out. One question: will we come back to Cairo? I miss it already!

S.A. Chakraborty Thank you, I'm so happy you enjoyed!

Oh, how can I possibly answer this question? Let's just say inshallah ;)…moreThank you, I'm so happy you enjoyed!

Oh, how can I possibly answer this question? Let's just say inshallah ;)(less)

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This is a question I love asking all my favorite authors (and though yours isn't out quite yet I have a really good feeling that it'll be a new fave of mine): How do you go about the Naming Of Things™ in your stories? Specifically with characters, because that's always the part that trips me up when I attempt to write.

S.A. Chakraborty I try to mix names with meaning with names that will stick in a reader's mind. That being said, I can easily fall through the research hole with this,…moreI try to mix names with meaning with names that will stick in a reader's mind. That being said, I can easily fall through the research hole with this, so I'll often use placeholder names if I know I want to pick something good later. For The City of Brass, my MCs names were a mix of this. "Nahri" is a nickname calling back to the character's origins (nahr is river in Arabic), I named my hero "Ali" after another Muslim hero, and Dara...well I just always liked the sound of it!

(and thank you - I hope you enjoy the book!)(less)

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Average rating: 4.27 · 442,857 ratings · 62,782 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 167,038 ratings — published 2017 — 61 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 Kingdom of Copper (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2) 4.38 avg rating — 99,480 ratings — published 2019	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 Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 91,605 ratings — published 2023 — 2 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 Empire of Gold (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3) 4.49 avg rating — 82,168 ratings — published 2020 — 48 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 River of Silver (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3.5) 4.25 avg rating — 14,499 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	The Tapestry of Fate (Amina al-Sirafi, #2) 4.41 avg rating — 10,288 ratings — published 2026 — 18 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
	From a Certain Point of View: The Empire Strikes Back (From a Certain Point of View, #2) by Elizabeth Schaefer (Editor), Mark Oshiro (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Rob Hart (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.84 avg rating — 6,140 ratings — published 2020 — 17 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 Daevabad Trilogy Series 4 Books Collection 4.68 avg rating — 457 ratings	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
	Daevabad Trilogy Collection (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1-3) by S.A. Chakraborty (Goodreads Author) 4.59 avg rating — 450 ratings — 4 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
	Extra Scenes (The Daevabad Trilogy, #2.5) 4.24 avg rating — 450 ratings	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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“Greatness takes time, Banu Nahida. Often the mightiest things have the humblest beginnings.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The City of Brass

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“In what world do men and women pay the same price for passion?”
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“For the greatest crime of the poor in the eyes of the wealthy has always been to strike back. To fail to suffer in silence and instead disrupt their lives and their fantasies of a compassionate society that coincidentally set them on top. To say no.”
― S.A. Chakraborty, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

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