Tahereh Mafi is an Iranian American young adult and middle grade fiction writer based in Santa Monica, CA. Her husband is young adult author Ransom Riggs. Shatter Me (2011) was Mafi’s first book. It was a #1 New York Times bestseller, paving the way for the immensely popular series.

Originally billed as a trilogy, the Shatter Me series contains six novels and five novellas. The novellas, released in electronic format, take place between the events of the main novels, often exploring the viewpoints of other characters. The first two novellas were also released in 2014 as a collection entitled Unite Me. The third and fourth novellas were released in 2019 as a collection entitled Find Me. The full series was completed in 2021.

Book 1, Shatter Me (2011), is accompanied by the novella Destroy Me (2012), which is told from Warner’s perspective. Book 2, Unravel Me (2013), pairs with the novella Fracture Me (2013), which is told from Adam’s perspective. Book 3, Ignite Me (2014), does not have an accompanying novella while Book 4, Restore Me (2018), pairs with the novella Shadow Me (2019), told from Kenji’s perspective. Book 5, Defy Me (2019), is accompanied by Reveal Me (2019), which is also told from Kenji’s perspective.