Kiera Azar

Kiera Azar
Born1997 (age 28–29)
Occupations
  • Author
  • actress
Years active2023–present
Notable workThorn Season (2025)

Kiera Azar is an English author and actress. Her debut novel Thorn Season (2025), the first in a young adult (YA) fantasy series, became a New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller.

Early life

Azar is from Surrey and of Lebanese and Indian descent. She studied biomedical science at university.

Career

Azar appeared in the second season of the Netflix series Shadow and Bone in 2023.

Via a six-way auction in November 2024, Harper Fire (a HarperCollins imprint) acquired the rights to publish Azar's debut young adult (YA) romantic fantasy novel Thorn Season in September 2025. The novel follows a magic-wielder born to a family of wielder hunters; Azar based the story on a dream. Thorn Season became a #1 New York Times bestseller in the Young Adult Hardcover category and a #2 Sunday Times bestseller in the Children's charts and #5 overall. It was also shortlisted for a Barnes & Noble Children's and YA Book Award in the YA category, a 2026 Junior Library Guild pick in the Fantasy/Science Fiction category, and made the Kirkus Reviews list of best books of 2025.

Bibliography

Thorn Season series

References

  1. ↑ "Read an Excerpt From Thorn Season by Kiera Azar". Reactor. 20 August 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  2. ↑ Kondo, Beatrix (24 May 2026). "Caged and Dissected: The Witch Hunt Politics of "Thorn Season"". Wild Hunt. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  3. ↑ Dumpleton, Elise (28 October 2025). "Q&A: Kiera Azar, Author of 'Thorn Season'". The Nerd Daily. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  4. ↑ Avery, Bre (22 May 2025). "This 'Shadow and Bone' Alum Is Releasing A Must-Read Romantasy Book: 'Thorn Season'". Brit + Co. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  5. ↑ Grauso, Alisha (16 October 2025). "Author Kiera Azar On How Shadow & Bone Influenced Her Debut, Thorn Season". Screen Rant. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Snow, Maia (26 November 2024). "Harper Fire triumphs in six-way auction for debut YA romantasy from Kiera Azar". The Bookseller. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  7. ↑ Augustine, Stephanie (16 January 2026). "YA Review: Thorn Season (Kiera Azar)". YA Books Central. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  8. ↑ Baugher Milas, Lacy (31 July 2025). "Author Kiera Azar Introduces Us to Her Buzzy YA Fantasy Debut Thorn Season". Paste. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  9. ↑ Tacye (8 September 2025). "Kiera Azar On Magic, Court Intrigue, And Her Debut Thorn Season". United by Pop. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "Young Adult Hardcover". The New York Times. 21 September 2025. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  11. ↑ Call, Alex (21 October 2025). "Déjà vu: No change for Charlie Mackesy and Richard Osman in the charts". The Bookseller. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Jessica Walker's 'The Secret Astronomers' wins Barnes & Noble 2026 Best YA Book". The Lagos Review. 23 May 2026. Retrieved 15 July 2026.
  13. ↑ "Book Awards & Distinctionsfor Kiera Azar". Teaching Books. Retrieved 10 September 2026.
  14. ↑ "Thorn Season". Kirkus Reviews. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2026.