Nahid Rachlin went to Columbia University and Stanford University. Her publications include Persian Girls, Jumping Over Fire, Foreigner, Married to a Stranger, Crowd of Sorrows, and Veils. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Times, Solstice Literary Magazine, the Virginia Quarterly Review, Prairie Schooner, and Shenandoah. Rachlin’s stories have been adopted by Symphony Space’s "Selected Shorts," aired on NPR, nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and translated into eight languages. Rachlin is the recipient of several awards, including the Bennet Cerf Award, PEN Syndicated Fiction Award, and an NEA Grant. She’s taught Creative Writing at Barnard College, Yale University, Paris Writers Conference, Geneva Writers Conference, and Yale Writers Conference. Nahid currently resides in New York, NY.