I am the product of a mixed-marriage between a high-profile Iranian doctor and a small-town American mother. I was born in Washington, D.C., came of age in Iran during the Shah’s era, was sent back to the United States to attend university, and returned to Iran shortly after Khomeini came to power. My own cultural identity is a bit of a moving target, which makes it a paradox that I have resided, for the better part of the past two decades, on a mini-farm in Woodstock, Georgia.
I am the author of a short story collection titled American Moon. “American Moon,†the title story of the collection, was published in the Fall Edition of Quiddity International Literary Journal in October, 2011. The opening story of the book, titled “Dying in America,†was published by Foundling Review in December, 2011 and by and Ozone Park Journal in January 2012.