Tasha Suri is a British Indian author and former academic librarian. Her debut novel Empire of Sand, published in 2018, received significant recognition early in her career, winning the Sydney J. Bounds Best Newcomer Award at the 2019 British Fantasy Awards. The novel was also listed by Time magazine as one of the 100 best fantasy books of all time in 2020. Suri's second novel, The Jasmine Throne, published in 2022, achieved major acclaim by winning the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. Her most recent work, The Isle in the Silver Sea, was released in 2025 and was recognized by The New York Times as one of the year's best romance novels.