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S. F. Said (born 1967) is a British children's writer.

His first novel was Varjak Paw (2003), illustrated by Dave McKean and published by David Fickling Books in January 2003; four months later in the U.S., Varjak Paw won the 2003 Nestlé Smarties Book Prize.

The sequel, The Outlaw Varjak Paw (2005), won the 2007 Blue Peter Book of the Year. Phoenix (2013) is a longer novel written for older children.

Varjak Paw, illustrated by Dave McKean (David Fickling Books, 2003)

It was shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize and was selected to represent the U.K. on the IBBY Honour List for 2016.

Biography

S. F. Said is a British Muslim author of Middle Eastern background, who was born in Beirut and spent his first years in Jordan.

He describes his origins as "Iraqi, Egyptian, Kurdish, and Circassian." He grew up in London, moving there with his mother at the age of two. After graduating from the University of Cambridge, he worked as a press attaché and speech writer for the Crown Prince of Jordan's office i