Sarah Rivens

Sarah Rivens (in Arabic: سارة ريفنز) is an Algerian writer born on 19 December 1999 in Algiers. She is known under the pseudonym theblurredgirl on social media.

Sarah Rivens
BornDecember 19th, 1999
Algiers
NationalityAlgerian

As of early 2023, she is the number one best-selling author in France[1][2] with her series "Captive" dethroning Prince Harry's "Memoirs".[3] She is currently the most read and well-known Algerian author in the history of Algeria,[4] with 9 million reads.[5] She still resides in Algeria.

Biography

Since a young age, Sarah Rivens has harbored a passion for writing, penning independent chapters solely for herself.[6] In 2019, she took the leap and published her very first stories on an online writing platform called Wattpad. These stories immediately gained success and helped her gain recognition on social media.

Captive

Sarah has achieved enormous success with her Captive series, which was initially published under the pseudonym "theblurredgirl"[7] on Wattpad in late 2020 and early 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic. The series created a significant buzz on social media, particularly on Tik Tok with the hashtag #captivewattpad, attracting an audience of 9 million readers[8] on the platform. The publishing house Hlab noticed this success and signed Sarah to produce the following volumes. The series has been translated into 9 languages and has achieved great commercial success, with strong sales growth.

The "Captive" trilogy has sold over 350,000 copies in print and 50,000 copies in digital format. Over half a million copies have been printed and are available in stores. Sales continue at a pace of over 5,000 copies per week.[9]

Publications
  • Lakestone.[10]
  • Captive - tome 1. Hachette Lab. 8 June 2022. ISBN 978-2017206934.
  • Captive 1.5 - Perfectly Wrong. Hachette Lab. 2 November 2022. ISBN 978-2017206941.
  • Captive - tome 2. Hachette Lab. 7 December 2022. ISBN 978-2017206958.[11]
  • Captive - tome 2 Bonus. Hachette Lab. 9 December 2022.


References
  1. S, Par; à 16h41, rine Bajos Le 8 février 2023 (8 February 2023). "Ventes de livres : qui est Sarah Rivens, la jeune autrice algérienne qui a détrôné le prince Harry ?". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  2. rima.a (7 February 2023). "France : une romancière algérienne détrône les mémoires du prince Harry". www.algerie360.com (in French). Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  3. "Algerian woman's book sales exceed Prince Harry's memoir". Middle East Monitor. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  4. F, Lamia (22 March 2023). "À seulement 24 ans, l'Algérienne Sarah Rivens devient l'écrivaine la plus lue au monde". www.algerie360.com (in French). Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  5. "Qui est Sarah Rivens, l'autrice algéroise de 24 ans qui truste les ventes de fiction ?". France Inter (in French). 14 March 2023. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
  6. "Biographie de l'auteur Sarah Rivens". booknode.com. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  7. "theblurredgirl". www.goodreads.com. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  8. "Algerian woman's book sales exceed Prince Harry's memoir". Middle East Monitor. 28 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  9. "« Captive », de l'Algérienne Sarah Rivens, un phénomène littéraire XXL – Jeune Afrique". JeuneAfrique.com (in French). Retrieved 9 April 2023.
  10. "Lakestone". Goodreads. Retrieved 27 March 2023.
  11. S, Par; à 16h41, rine Bajos Le 8 février 2023 (8 February 2023). "Ventes de livres : qui est Sarah Rivens, la jeune autrice algérienne qui a détrôné le prince Harry ?". leparisien.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 March 2023.

See also
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