Author Marjan Kamali: “The Stationery Shop”

The author speaks at the paperback release of her acclaimed novel, a love story about a young couple living amidst the political upheaval of 1953 Tehran. When violence erupts on the eve of their marriage, a result of the coup d’etat that forever changes their country’s future, the couple is separated and it seems they will never see each other again.

Born in Turkey to Iranian parents, Marjan Kamali studied English Literature at UC Berkeley and received her MBA from Columbia University and an MFA from New York University. Her debut novel was “Together Tea.”