Rebecca Yarros

生卒: 1981 –
国籍: 美国

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Rebecca Yarros (born April 13, 1981) is an American author. She is best known for the Empyrean fantasy book series, which will be adapted into a television series with Amazon; Yarros will serve as a non-writing executive producer. Yarros graduated from Troy University, where she studied European history and English.

Empyrean series

The first book in the Empyrean series, Fourth Wing, was published in April 2023 by Red Tower Books. In May, it landed fourth on the Libro.fm bestseller list. By late June, it was a number one bestseller on Amazon. As of August 2024, the book had spent 65 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list, including in the top position. It also landed on the Libro.fm bestseller list in the second spot in August and third spot in September. Additionally, it was a top-ten book club pick for September. In October and November 2023, Fourth Wing was on USA Today's list of the top ten bestselling books. In March 2024 the title was shortlisted for the Young Adult Jury Award of the German Youth Literature Awards which was awarded at the Frankfurt Book Fair in October.

The sequel, Iron Flame, was released in November 2023. In July 2023, Waterstones indicated that it became the "fastest selling pre-order title in a single day on [the] website with [the] special edition selling out in just seven hours".

In October 2023, it was announced that Michael B. Jordan's Outlier Society and Amazon MGM Studios purchased the rights to adapt the novel series into a television series. Yarros and Entangled Publishing's Liz Pelletier will serve as non-writing executive producers.

The third book, Onyx Storm, was released in January 2025, and sold more than 2.7 million copies within the first week, according to The New York Times. Yarros has indicated that the series will ultimately include five books.

Honors

In 2019, Kirkus Reviews included The Last Letter on their list of the year's best books.

Fourth Wing was an Amazon, Libro.fm, New York Times, and USA Today bestselling novel. It was also a top ten book club pick for September 2023. Booklist included it on their "Top 10 SF/Fantasy & Horror: 2023" list. In January 2024, Publishers Weekly listed Fourth Wing at #3 in its "Top 25 list of bestsellers for 2023".

In the same list, Iron Flame was listed at #6.

Personal life

Yarros began writing while her husband was deployed in Afghanistan. As of October 2023, she and her husband have six children.

Yarros has Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, as do her sons. Yarros and her husband initially fostered a daughter, eventually adopting her; their daughter is nonverbal and on the autism spectrum. Yarros and her husband co-founded a non-profit in 2019, OneOctober, dedicated to improving the lives of children in the foster system.

Yarros is a fan of the NHL team the Colorado Avalanche, and a Fourth Wing Night was held for a home game against the Buffalo Sabres on November 13, 2025.

Publications

Standalone novels

1984: Against All Odds. WaWa Productions. 2016. (Part of the Love in the 80s series with Casey L Bond, Lindy Zart, Cambria Hebert, Amber Lynn Natusch, Misty Provencher, R. K. Ryals, Cameo Renae, Rachel Higginson, and Kelly Martin)

The Last Letter. Entangled. 2019. ISBN 9781640635333.

Great and Precious Things. Entangled. 2020. ISBN 9781640638167.

Muses & Melodies. Yarros Ink. 2020. (Part of the Hush Note trilogy with Sarina Bowen and Devney Perry)

The Things We Leave Unfinished. 2021.

A Little Too Close. Yarros Ink. 2022. ISBN 9780997383164. (Part of the Madigan Mountain trilogy with Sarina Bowen and Devney Perry)

In the Likely Event. Montlake. 2023. ISBN 9781662511561.

Variation. Montlake. 2024. ISBN 9781662514708.