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Namina Forna

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Born

Freetown, Sierra Leone, Sierra Leone

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Genre

Fantasy, Young Adult, Children's

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Namina Forna is a young adult novelist and the author of the New York Times bestselling fantasy YA series The Gilded Ones. Originally from Sierra Leone, West Africa, she moved to the US when she was nine and has been traveling back and forth ever since.

Namina's books have been translated into 25+ languages, nominated for several awards, and optioned for film and TV. Namina herself is an accomplished public speaker, especially on the topics of feminism, storytelling and challenging dominant narratives. ...more

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Average rating: 3.96 · 72,870 ratings · 11,642 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Gilded Ones (Deathless, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 55,534 ratings — published 2020 — 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
	The Merciless Ones (Deathless, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 12,603 ratings — published 2022 — 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
	The Eternal Ones (Deathless, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 4,508 ratings — published 2024 — 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
	You Too? by Janet Gurtler (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Beth Revis (Goodreads Author), Mackenzi Lee (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 662 ratings — published 2020 — 10 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
	We Were Liars; The Gilded Ones; House of Salt and Sorrows; A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Erin A. Craig (Goodreads Author), Namina Forna (Goodreads Author), Holly Jackson (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 49 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
	The Gilded Ones Series 2 Books Collection Set by Namina Forna (Goodreads Author), The Gilded Ones (Primary Contributor) 4.29 avg rating — 14 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
	The Gilded Ones Series 3 Books Set - The Gilded Ones, The Merciless Ones, The Eternal Ones 4.67 avg rating — 6 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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3.96 avg rating — 72,667 ratings

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Namina Forna rated a book it was amazing Rolling in the Deep (Rolling in the Deep, #0.5) by Mira Grant	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
This is one of the best mermaid books I've ever read. The world is so fleshed out. The biology of the mermaids. The horror of them... I would do anything to watch this as a movie. Literally, who do I have to pay. As a lifelong lover of mermaids, this ...more
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Quotes by Namina Forna (?)

“No matter my origins, there is worth in what I am.”
― Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones

tags: adventure, fantasy, feminism, fiction, ya

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“The physical body—it heals. The scars fade. But the memories are forever. Even when you forget, they remain inside, taunting you, resurfacing when you least expect.”
― Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones

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“We all have a choice right now. Are we girls or are we demons? Are we going to die or are we going to survive?”
― Namina Forna, The Gilded Ones

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SERIES Preliminary Poll (fantasy series will start 8/15/25)

Dark Tower, 7 books by Stephen King, starting with The Gunslinger

11 votes, 37.9%

Return to Nevèrÿon, 4 books by Samuel R. Delany, starting with Tales of Nevèrÿon

7 votes, 24.1%

Sharing Knife/Wide Green World, 4 books by Lois McMaster Bujold, starting with Beguilement

5 votes, 17.2%

Legacy, 3 books by Matthew Ward, starting with Legacy of Ash

3 votes, 10.3%

Deathless, 3 books by Namina Forna, starting with The Gilded Ones

3 votes, 10.3%

29 total votes

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