Sahar Delijani

Sahar Delijani is the author of Children of the Jacaranda Tree, an autobiographical novel, which has been translated into 30 languages and published in more than 75 countries. Born in Iran in 1983, she grew up in California and lived for many years in Turin, Italy. Twice a Pushcart nominee and longlisted for the Granum Foundation Prize and Le Livre de Poche Prix des Lecteurs, Delijani’s writings have appeared in Kweli Jouranl, The Bellevue Review, Slice Magazine, BBC Persian, Zeit Online, DW Persian, Femina Middle East, Corriere della Sera and more. She currently lives in New York City, working on her second novel.