Rebecca Yarros

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. Fourth Wing was an Amazon, 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.

Year Award Category Work Result Ref. 2014 Goodreads Choice Awards Debut Goodreads Author Full Measures 2023 Goodreads Choice Awards Romance In the Likely Event Romantasy Fourth Wing 2024 Alex Awards - Fourth Wing Dragon Awards Fantasy Iron Flame British Book Awards Fiction Book of the Year Iron Flame British Book Awards Page-turner of the Year Fourth Wing Australian Book Industry Awards International Book of the Year Fourth Wing TikTok Book Awards BookTok Book of the Year - International Fourth Wing 2025New Adult Book Prize - Onyx Storm Goodreads Choice AwardsRomantasyOnyx Stormrowspan=2 Audiobook

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

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

Publications

Standalone novels

(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)

(Part of the Hush Note trilogy with Sarina Bowen and Devney Perry)

(Part of the Madigan Mountain trilogy with Sarina Bowen and Devney Perry)

Empyrean Pentalogy

Threshing Day'' (short story collection). Red Tower Books. 2026.

Flight & Glory series

In Luv duet

Legacy series

Renegades trilogy