Tahereh Mafi writes young adult fantasy and contemporary fiction, best known for the Shatter Me series. The first novel follows Juliette Ferrars, whose touch can cause severe pain or death, after she is taken from isolation by a repressive regime that wants to use her as a weapon. Across the series, Juliette's powers, relationships and understanding of the political system expand, with Warner and Adam becoming central to both the romantic and ideological conflicts. Mafi's prose in these books is highly stylised, using repetition, fragments and crossed-out thoughts to represent Juliette's unstable sense of self. Her contemporary novel A Very Large Expanse of Sea takes a more realistic approach to a Muslim teenager's school life after 9/11. Shatter Me is the defining series for readers seeking YA dystopia with a highly stylised first-person voice, romantic conflict and a heroine whose dangerous ability is inseparable from her struggle for control over her own life. Read more Less
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