Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026)

YA fantasy author • next: THE PEACOCK THRONE (Fall 2026) (Delacorte/@GetUnderlined) • out now: MIDNIGHT STRIKES

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

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: https://t.co/2D6OLtneIl
GR: https://t.co/FOeOUzjJ7J

Art: Kelly Chong/@ afterblossom_art on ig
Design: Angela G. Carlino

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

🦚👑💘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!

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

What’s THE PEACOCK THRONE about? I’m so glad you asked 🦚💘👑

My epic YA romantic fantasy about a would-be Anastasia in an Indian-inspired world comes out this November! Preörder your copy and add on GR, all via the 🔗 in my bio!

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

It’s the last day of the @BNBuzz 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 the 🔗 in my bio!!

[Tariq Kenney-Shawa @tksshawa]

In case you’re distracted by the shiny buildings in Kushner’s vision for Gaza, their plan is keep Palestinians in hyper-surveilled prison camps where they’ll eventually provide cheap labor for the resorts/high rises they won’t be allowed to live in, all built atop a mass grave.

[crawf @crawf34]

the british east india company, 1757:

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

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:

[Zohran Kwame Mamdani @ZohranKMamdani]

dune machale dune machale dune

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

@ct_calella @DelacortePress @GetUnderlined Ahhhh thank you so much Christine!!

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

It’s been a long time coming . . . but I’m writing a YA fantasy duology 🦚💘🏰

THE PEACOCK THRONE comes out in Fall 2026 from @Delacortepress/@Getunderlined and I could NOT be more excited!!

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

I’ve been dreaming of this story for 10 years: a Desi, Muslim twist on the Anastasia story, with adventure, magic, intrigue, revolution, & romance. It’s a love letter to the South Asian heritage and history I love so much. Can’t wait for you to meet Eshaal and the gang next fall!

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

Anaïs Aubanel:

[jax @brokeurtooth]

last time i had a crush i killed myself twenty times a day

[Club Chalamet 💫 @ClubChalamet]

🎯I deliberately write with a dramatic flair to hone in on a point I'm trying to make.

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

It Happened to Me: didn’t back up the latest version of a chapter, lost it when my computer went haywire, cursing the name of Windows for the rest of the week probably

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

this tweet brought to you by weeks of hearing Twisters kiss complaints

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

one thing about me is that even if I Know how a movie or book will end, I am somehow convinced that when EYE watch or read it, the ending will be different, and yet… it never is…

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

what grad program will give me a full ride to write a dissertation about the am***i w******

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

yes I am still, technically, “here,” but like… is anyone

[Zeba Shahnaz (THE PEACOCK THRONE Fall 2026) @zaybashah]

if you love this scene, I have the Exact time loop action romance book for you and it’s available at the link in my bio and also https://t.co/JlH8ylrqZ5 !

[Aisha S Gani @aishagani]

half way through Ramadan and after 171 days, with over 30,000 killed and 70,000 people wounded