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'''Sarah Rivens''' (in [[Arabic]]: سارة ريفنز) is an Algerian writer born on {{Date|December 19th, 1998}} in [[Algiers]].
As of early 2023, Rivens was the best-selling author in France<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-22|date=2023-02-08|first1=Par|first2=rine Bajos Le 8 février 2023|language=fr-FR|last1=S|last2=à 16h41|title=Ventes de livres : qui est Sarah Rivens, la jeune autrice algérienne qui a détrôné le prince Harry ?|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/livres/ventes-de-livres-qui-est-sarah-rivens-la-jeune-autrice-algerienne-qui-a-detrone-le-prince-harry-08-02-2023-4O2REHUKUNGVPHJKU2MBZPPM2I.php|website=leparisien.fr}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-22|date=2023-02-07|language=fr|last=rima.a|title=France : une romancière algérienne détrône les mémoires du prince Harry|url=https://www.algerie360.com/france-une-romanciere-algerienne-detrone-les-memoires-du-prince-harry/|website=www.algerie360.com}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> through her series "Captive".<ref name=":0">{{cite web|access-date=2023-04-09|date=2023-03-28|language=en-GB|title=Algerian woman's book sales exceed Prince Harry's memoir|url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230328-algerian-womans-book-sales-exceed-prince-harrys-memoir/|website=Middle East Monitor}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> She is currently the most read Algerian author in its history,<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-23|date=2023-03-22|first=Lamia|language=fr|last=F|title=À seulement 24 ans, l'Algérienne Sarah Rivens devient l'écrivaine la plus lue au monde|url=https://www.algerie360.com/a-seulement-24-ans-lalgerienne-sarah-rivens-devient-lecrivaine-la-plus-lue-au-monde/|website=www.algerie360.com}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> with 9 million reads.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2023-03-23|date=2023-03-14|language=fr|title=Qui est Sarah Rivens, l'autrice algéroise de 24 ans qui truste les ventes de fiction ?|url=https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/podcasts/un-monde-nouveau/un-monde-nouveau-du-mardi-14-mars-2023-5472161|website=France Inter}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
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=== Captive ===
Rivens became popular with her ''Captive'' series, which was initially published on Wattpad under the pseudonym "theblurredgirl" in late 2020 and early 2021 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|Covid-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=theblurredgirl |url=https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/21846320.theblurredgirl |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=www.goodreads.com}}</ref> The series was popular on [[TikTok]] with the hashtag #captivewattpad, generating 9 million views on the platform.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-03-28 |title=Algerian woman's book sales exceed Prince Harry's memoir |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230328-algerian-womans-book-sales-exceed-prince-harrys-memoir/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=Middle East Monitor |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Rivens is signed with publishers Hlab. The ''Captive'' trilogy has been translated into 9 languages and sold approximately 300,000 copies in physical and 50,000 in digital.<ref name=":1" /> As of April 2023, sales continued at a pace of over 5,000 copies per week.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=" Captive ", de l'Algérienne Sarah Rivens, un phénomène littéraire XXL – Jeune Afrique |url=https://www.jeuneafrique.com/1432235/culture/captive-de-lalgerienne-sarah-rivens-un-phenomene-litteraire-xxl/ |access-date=2023-04-09 |website=JeuneAfrique.com |language=fr-FR}}</ref>
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