I am the winner of the 2010 Bellwether Prize for a novel "in the tradition of socially engaged literature." My novel, selected by Barbara Kingsolver, is forthcoming from Algonquin Press in 01/12.

I am a fiction writer and poet. I work with the Afghan Women's Writing Project as a mentor for Afghan women writers and teach at Pima Community College and online at UCLA Writer's Extension.

AWP, PEN

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