Zara al-Mansour

CURRENT STATUS: Writing my fourth novel from a 24-hour café in Dubai Marina, fueled by too much Turkish coffee and the weird energy that hits at 3 AM. PREVIOUS PLOT TWISTS: Earned a PhD in CS (computer science, ofc) from Oxford while secretly writing young adult stories during lectures Built AI systems for Silicon Valley startups until one of my machines started generating poetry (not really, but wouldn't that be cool?) Accidentally became a novelist when my blog about djinn living in quantum computers went viral (plz, don’t check it out, it’s total disaster) Somehow convinced a major publisher that ancient Arabic folklore and artificial intelligence belonged in the same book (nope) COMPATIBLE SYSTEMS: Karim (partner, game designer, excellent debugger of plot holes) Ada (cat, named after Ada Lovelace, chief disruption officer) CURRENT PROJECT STATUS: 40% complete, 60% possessed by literary djinn, 100% powered by Turkish coffee

Zara al-Mansour's Books

The Queen's Tempest

In this darkly elegant tale set in an alternate 18th-century England, biological hierarchy dictates one's place in society - until Ayla, a lowborn Omega, infiltrates Queen Tessa's court by concealing her true nature.

The Demon's Heir

In this gripping urban fantasy novel, Evelyn Frost's life is turned upside down when she discovers she possesses extraordinary demonic powers. Once a promising pre-med student with a seemingly perfect life, Evelyn is thrust into a hidden world of Se…

Unbroken Harmony

In the transparent city of Unison, where harmony is enforced and individuality suppressed, engineer Ethan struggles with loss and a growing sense of disillusionment. When he's given an experimental device to find a new partner, he's thrust into a wo…