Tahereh Mafi is 37 years old as of October 2026. She was born on 9 November 1988.
Iranian-American author of the bestselling Shatter Me series and A Very Large Expanse of Sea
Did you know?She speaks several languages to varying degrees.
Quick facts
Date of birth9 November 1988
Age37
NationalityAmerican
BirthplaceConnecticut, United States
Editor's Take:
Tahereh Mafi writes young adult fiction full of emotion and action. Her parents emigrated to America from Iran. She grew up in Connecticut and California. Her dystopian series about a girl with a deadly touch found a huge fanbase. It grew again thanks to fans on TikTok. She has also written about growing up Muslim after 9/11. She lives in California with her family. She is married to the writer Ransom Riggs, author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children.
Key Milestones
2011: Publishes Shatter Me
2018: Longlisted for the National Book Award
2022: Publishes This Woven Kingdom
Tahereh Mafi (November 10, 1988) is an Iranian-American author based in Santa Monica, California. She is known for writing young adult fiction.
