Suzi Ehtesham-Zadeh is a seasoned culture-straddler. She was born in Washington, D.C., came of age in Iran during the Shah’s era, moved back to the United States to attend university, and later spent large chunks of her life in Spain. She holds a BA in Philosophy from Stanford University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Boston University. A career English teacher who has taught on four continents, she has dabbled in writing for most of her adult life. Her work has appeared in Quiddity International Literary Journal, Narrative Northeast, Mobius Journal of Social Change, Fiction International, Glassworks, and elsewhere. She currently lives on a mini-farm in Woodstock, Georgia with her family and a menagerie of animals.
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