Laleh Khadivi

Laleh Khadivi is the author of The Age of Orphans, The Walking, and the A Good Country. She has been awarded a Whiting Award, a Pushcart Prize, and an NEA Literature Fellowship. She has also worked as a director, producer, and cinematographer of documentary films. Her debut film, 900 Women, aired on A&E and premiered at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival. Khadivi teaches at the University of San Francisco’s MFA program. Photo credit: Ed Ntiri