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S. A. Chakraborty is the author of the critically acclaimed and internationally best-selling The Daevabad Trilogy. Her work has been nominated for the Locus, World Fantasy, Crawford, and Astounding awards. When not buried in books about thirteen-century con artists and Abbasid political intrigue, she enjoys hiking, knitting, and re-creating unnecessarily complicated medieval meals. You can find her online at www.sachakraborty.com or on Twitter and Instagram at @SAChakrabooks, where she likes to talk about history, politics, and Islamic art. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, daughter, and an ever-increasing number of cats. ...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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	The City of Brass (The Daevabad Trilogy, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 161,527 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 — 95,894 ratings — published 2019 — 6 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 Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi, #1) by Shannon Chakraborty, S.A. Chakraborty (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 85,389 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 — 78,969 ratings — published 2020 — 6 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: Tales from the Daevabad Trilogy (The Daevabad Trilogy, #3.5) 4.25 avg rating — 13,742 ratings — published 2022 — 3 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) 3.85 avg rating — 6,008 ratings — published 2020 — 22 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 - The City of Brass; The Kingdom of Copper; The Empire of Gold; The River of Silver 4.67 avg rating — 432 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) 4.60 avg rating — 432 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 — 443 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 Book of Charlatans (Library of Arabic Literature, 64) by Jamāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥīm al-Jawbarī, Manuela Dengler (Editor), Humphrey Davies (Translation) 3.68 avg rating — 28 ratings — 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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