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Zeba Shahnaz

@zaybashah.bsky.social

it's pronounced zay-ba • fantasy author • THE PEACOCK THRONE (Delacorte Press) comes out 11.24.2026 • out now: MIDNIGHT STRIKES

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

🦚👑💘THE PEACOCK THRONE is now available for request on NetGalley🦚👑💘 If you want to read my epic YA fantasy Mughal Anastasia book a whole 6 months early, check out the 🔗 in my bio to request and discover all the cool things I can’t wait for readers to discover!

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

It’s the last day of the @barnesandnoble.com preorder sale and I have two (2) options in the running: 💘 my YA epic fantasy Mughal Anastasia THE PEACOCK THRONE 💘 my short story adapting Pakistani folklore in A THOUSAND NIGHTS All available at linktr.ee/zebashahnaz

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

🦚COVER REVEAL🦚 THE PEACOCK THRONE, my Mughal Anastasia YA fantasy book about a delulu heroine and her dreams of more, comes out 11/24/26! 💘 Preorder: bit.ly/thepeacockthro… 👑 GR: bit.ly/peacock-gr Art: Kelly Chong/@ afterblossom_art on ig Design: Angela G. Carlino

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

THE PEACOCK THRONE, the first book in my Mughal Anastasia YA fantasy duology, comes out in exactly 1 year! November 24, 2026, here we come 🦚💘👑 I can’t wait for y’all to see what we have planned. In the meantime, here’s a taste:

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

🎵 one more time 🎵

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

It’s been a long time coming . . . but I’m writing a YA fantasy duology 🦚💘🏰 THE PEACOCK THRONE comes out in Fall 2026 from Delacorte Press and @getunderlined.bsky.social and I could NOT be more excited!!

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

cried so hard at the new Bridget Jones that I gave myself a migraine AMA

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

incredible how I get my clearest l ideas exactly 3 minutes after having closed my laptop

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

began 2025 as I mean to go on (turned a 3k chapter into an 8k chapter), belated Happy New Year to one and all

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

starting Monday off by crying about Gill’s send off on gbbo, this week is going to be Great 👍🏽

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

me when I promise to use a social media platform and then never in fact use it

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 15/08/2023

usually I can't bring myself to watch a show/read a book if I can't buy into the main characters' names. the exception rn is tsitp

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 04/08/2023

Rocky aur Rani’s subversion of the construction of the (rich uc Hindu Punjabi) Indian family as the nation is so clever, not least because it allows Johar to highlight its patriarchal roots without having to challenge any of its more politically/culturally sensitive tenets

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Zeba Shahnaz @zaybashah.bsky.social · 01/08/2023

love joining new platforms to share my thoughts and feelings until I no longer have thoughts or feelings 😊

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