Shannon A. Chakraborty[2] (born December 7, 1985) is an American historical fantasy and speculative fiction writer based in Queens, New York, best known for The Daevabad Trilogy.
The sequel, The Kingdom of Copper, was published to critical acclaim in 2019, and later that year Chakraborty was named a finalist for the John W. Campbell Award.
In the series debut, The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi, an infamous retired pirate returns to her old profession when she is offered the chance to right a wrong from her past and gain a fabled treasure.
[6][7] In May 2020, it was announced that Complete Fiction, a film and television company, would be developing The Daevabad Trilogy as a series for Netflix.
[11] She originally intended to be a historian specializing in the Middle East; however, the financial crisis around 2008 derailed those plans, so while she worked to support herself and her husband, she also kept herself occupied by writing what she called "historical fan fiction" that later became her first novel, The City of Brass.