Shannon Ali Chakraborty, who publishes as S. A. Chakraborty, is an American author of historical fantasy born December 7, 1985, in New Jersey, where she still lives.
She is best known for The Daevabad Trilogy — The City of Brass, The Kingdom of Copper, and The Empire of Gold — and for the Amina al-Sirafi series, beginning with The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi.
Her debut was a finalist for the Crawford, Compton Crook, Locus, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy awards, and she was a 2019 finalist for the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer.
