Saara El-Arifi
Credit: Mustafa Raee, Lightning Rod Films
Saara El-Arifi is represented by Juliet Mushens
Saara El-Arifi is a No. 1 Sunday Times bestselling author of fantasy and historical fiction.
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), Neon (Italy), Literackie (Poland), Slovart (Slovakia), Faeris (Spain), and Fabula (Ukraine).
Cursebound: HarperVoyager (UK), Del Rey (US), HarperCollins (Brazil), Slovart (Czech), Gummerus (Finland), De Saxus (France), Hoffmann & Campe (Germany), Neon (Italy), Slovart (Slovakia), Faeris (Spain), and Fabula (Ukraine).
Cleopatra: TBP (UK), Ballantine (US), HarperCollins (Brazil), 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).