Naima Lynch has been writing stories for as long as she could hold a pen. She grew up in Monterey, California where she cultivated a love for morning fog, coffee shops, and paperback copies of Flannery O’Connor’s short stories. As a grown-up, she lived and worked throughout the Middle East, primarily in Yemen, Afghanistan and Dubai. It was in these vivid countries where she learned to seek the stillness at the heart of chaos – and to try to write about it. She holds a Master’s Degree in Middle Eastern Studies from the University of Chicago, and has written extensively on politics and culture of the region. Prior to that she studied Anthropology and Religious Studies at the University of North Florida. She is currently residing in Sydney, Australia - where she is working on a series of Polaroid-inspired paintings, a collection of short stories, and an unruly spate of long naps.