Sarah Rivens (in Arabic: سارة ريفنز) is an Algerian writer born on 19 December 1998 in Algiers.

[5] In 2019, Rivens published her writing on Wattpad and gained recognition on social media.

[6] Rivens became popular with her Captive series, which was initially published on Wattpad under the pseudonym "theblurredgirl" in late 2020 and early 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic.

[7] The series was popular on TikTok with the hashtag #captivewattpad, generating 9 million views on the platform.

The Captive trilogy has been translated into 9 languages and sold approximately 300,000 copies in physical and 50,000 in digital.