Tahereh Mafi was born in Connecticut in 1988. Her parents are from Iran, but she grew 2 in the USA. She went 3 up to school in California. After school, she went to college and graduated 4 from Soka University of America. She is an author and her first book was Shatter Me. Tahereh met Ransom Riggs and they fell 5 in love. In 2013 Tahereh and Ransom got 6 married. In 2017 they had 7 a daughter. They live in Santa Monica, California.