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Namina Forna is a young adult novelist based in Los Angeles, and the New York Times and Indie bestselling author of the epic fantasy YA trilogy 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 loves building fantastical worlds and telling stories with fierce female leads.

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	The Gilded Ones (The Gilded Ones, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 39,067 ratings — published 2020 — 42 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 (The Gilded Ones, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 5,927 ratings — published 2022 — 25 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) 4.36 avg rating — 514 ratings — published 2020 — 11 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
	Untitled (Deathless, #3) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — 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
	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) 3.89 avg rating — 9 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) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	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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“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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“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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“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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