Author Bio
• Birth—1977
• Where—Esfahan, Iran
• Where—San Francisco area, California, USA
• Education—B.A., Reed College; M.F.A., Mills College
• Awards—Whiting Award
• Currently—teaches at Emory University, Georgia
Laleh Khadivi was born in Esfahan, Iran, in 1977 but fled with her family to the United States in the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution. She was raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. She graduated from Reed College and from Mills College with an MFA. She has worked extensively as a documentary filmmaker. She teaches at Emory University.
In 2002 she began to research the Kurds, particularly their fate in the southwestern region of Iran under the first Shah.
The Age of Orphans is the first novel in a projected trilogy that will trace three generations of a Kurdish family—based loosely on her own—as they make their way to the United States and undergo the profound transformations of the immigrant experience. (Adapted from Wikipedia and the publisher.)