Marjan Kamali

Marjan Kamali is an Iranian-American novelist whose novels have been published in more than 30 languages. Her books include The Lion Women of Tehran, a historical novel about a group of women in Tehran whose lives are drawn toward an old, hidden story, and The Stationery Shop, a historical romance that draws on Iran's political history. Her later novel Together Tea is a contemporary romance about coming of age. Kamali was named a 2022 NEA Literature Fellow.