Author: Farnoosh Moshiri

Biographical Sketch

Farnoosh Moshiri was born in a literary family in Tehran, Iran. She holds a B.A. in dramatic literature from the College of Dramatic Arts in Tehran, an M.A. in drama from the University of Iowa and an M.F.A in creative writing from the University of Houston.

Her plays, short stories, and poems were published in Iranian literary magazines before the 1979 revolution and in anthologies published outside Iran in the 1980s. In 1983 she fled her country after a massive arrest of secular intellectuals, feminists, and political activists. She resided in Houston in 1987. She currently teaches literature and creative writing at the University of Houston campuses.

Recent Awards

• The 2006 Valiente Award of Voice Breaking Boundaries
• Black Heron Press Award for Social Fiction for The Crazy Dervish and the Pomogranate Tree (2003)
• Black Heron Press Award for Social Fiction for The Bathhouse (2001)
• Barbara Deming Award for Peace and Social Justice (1999)
• Berthelme Memorial Fellowship for Non-Fiction (1997)
• The Prose Award of the University of Houston, Clear Lake (1996)

Novels

• At the Wall of Almighty (1999). Read an excerpt.


• The Bathhouse. Read an excerpt.
  • 2001 edition (hardcover)
  • 2003 edition (paperback)
  • 2007 edition (audio book)
• Against Gravity (2006). Read an excerpt.
  • Chosen as Barnes and Noble's "Discover New Writers" promotion for Spring 2006.
  • Selected as Borders' January Original Voices.

Audio Books

• The Bathhouse (2007 edition)
  
  • Audio book available in CD, MP3 CD and audio cassettes.
  • Available at amazom.com, among others.

Collection of Short Stories

• The Crazy Dervish and the Pomogranate Tree (2004).
  Read excerpts:
• The Wall
• The Bricklayer

Works in Anthologies or Literary Journals

• A World Between (1999)
• Red Boots & Attitude (2002)
• Coloring Book (2003)
• Let Me Tell You Where I've Been (2006)
• At the Shepherd's (excerpt from the unpublished novel The Drum-Tower) published in the Gulf Coast, issue 19.1, Winter-Spring 2007
• Excerpt from Against Gravity published in the Exotic Gothic, an anthology edited by Danel Olson featuring both original and reprint takes that make use of traditional gothic elements. Scheduled for a 2007 release.

Works To Appear

• Light Vanishes (novel)
• Naked in the Beehive (novel)
• The Drum-Tower (novel)

Selected Interviews

• Beacon Press Interview (April 2003)
• FlashPoints Intereviw (February 2003)
• Political Affairs Interview (January 2004)
• The Minnesota Reivew Interview (Fall 2007)

Selected Reviews

• Against Gravity:
• Houston Chronicle by John Freeman (March 2006)
• Political Affairs by Clara West (February 2006)
• Curled Up With A Good Book Review by Luan Gaines (2006)


• The Bathhouse:
• NPR Review by Alan Cheuse (May 2003)
• "ChickLit" and Writers Monthly Reviews by Melanie Jennings (2003)


• At the Wall of Almighty:
• Reconstruction Review by Haidar Eid (May 2002)

Upcoming Events

• What: Conversations with German filmmaker, Claus Strigel, after the screening of his new film: "Moon Sun Flower Game"
  
• Where: The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH)
  
  • 1001 Bissonnet Street
  • Houston, TX 77005
  • Phone: 713-639-7300
• Date: Friday, May 30, 2008
• Time: 7:00 PM

Links

• Amazon.com
• Barnes & Noble
• Black Heron Press
• Blackstone Audio, Inc.
• Google Listings
• Gulf Coast, a Journal of Literature and Fine Arts
• Esther Kamkar, poet & artist
• Persis Karim, poet & author
• Inprint, Inc.
• The Minnesota Review
• Voices Breaking Boundaries
• Women Living With War

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