Born in Tehran, Nadia Shahram, along with her five sisters and parents, moved to the small town of Borojerd. After she was sent to Canada in 1978 to finish high school, she developed a vision for her life that included moving to the United States, becoming an Iranian version of Barbara Walters, and then returning to her home country. Although she did eventually move to the States, the rest of her dream was interrupted by the 1979 Iranian revolution and the long war that followed. Shahram currently lives in Buffalo, New York, where she practices matrimonial mediation. This is her first novel.