Jabril Yousef Faraj
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Jabril Yousef Faraj

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Jabril Yousef Faraj is an award-winning Young Adult Fantasy author. Born in Los Angeles and raised in the Midwest, the nonbinary, Arab-American artist is an Edward R. Murrow award recipient and alumnus of Northwestern’s Medill School of Journalism. Faraj’s fiction debut, Guardians of the Cosmic Clocks: The Emerald Tablets, garnered the 2025 Literary Global Children’s Book Award for Best Young Adult Novel, was a finalist for the Children’s Book International Award in Fantasy and runner-up at the New York Book Festival. Faraj is a lover of classic fiction, Ursula K. Le Guin and Star Wars. Homeschooled until high school, they read voraciously as a young person, inspired by the stories of C.S. Lewis, the Childhood of Famous Americans series and countless Newbery Medal winners. Likewise, Faraj aims to inspire the next generation with imaginative worlds, dynamic characters and encouraging themes. Book No. 2, Guardians of the Cosmic Clocks: Wings of the Gods, is out May 12, 2026.
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