Saara El-Arifi
Credit: Mustafa Raee, Lightning Rod Films
Saara El-Arifi is represented by Juliet Mushens
Saara El-Arifi is the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Faebound Trilogy and The Ending Fire Trilogy inspired by her Ghanaian and Sudanese heritage. Her historical debut, Cleopatra, will be published by Borough Press in 2025 followed by The Queen of Sheba.
She has lived in many countries, had many jobs, and owned many more cats. After a decade of working in marketing and communications, she returned to academia to complete a master’s degree in African studies alongside her writing career. El-Arifi knew she was a storyteller from the moment she told her first lie. Over the years, she has perfected her tall tales into epic ones. She currently resides in London as a full-time procrastinator.
Rights sold:
The Final Strife: HarperVoyager (UK), Del Rey (US), De Saxus (France), and Oscar Vault Mondadori (Italy).
Faebound: HarperVoyager (UK), Del Rey (US), HarperCollins (Brazil), Slovart (Czech), Gummerus (Finland), De Saxus (France), Hoffmann & Campe (Germany), Minoas (Greece), Gummerus (Finland), Neon (Italy), Literackie (Poland), Slovart (Slovakia), Faeris (Spain), and Fabula (Ukraine).
Cleopatra: TBP (UK), Ballantine (US), Hoffmann & Campe (Germany), Neon (Italy), HarperCollins (The Netherlands), Bookzone (Romania), Albatros (Slovakia) and Anaya (Spain).
Queen of Sheba: TBP (UK), Ballantine (US), and Neon (Italy).