The Septembers of Shiraz

Dalia Sofer (born 1972) is an Iranian-born American novelist. Raised in a Jewish family in revolutionary Tehran, she moved to New York City at age 11, studied French literature at NYU, and earned an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. She is best known for her debut novel The Septembers of Shiraz (2007), which won the PEN/Robert W. Read more →