Susanne Pari

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The Fortune Catcher is a family saga set against the Iranian Revolution, a story of epic love and a young woman’s political coming of age. Layla Bahari, half American, half Iranian, of Jewish and Muslim descent, returns to her father’s native country in 1981, two years after the Islamic Revolution, to marry her childhood sweetheart. Now seen as a Westernized enemy, she is...

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Jul.14.2010 - 1:06 pm

Squaw Valley Community of Writers Benefit

A lot of us in the Bay Area had our beginnings as writers -- at least as networking writers -- at The Squaw Valley Community of Writers Conference. I, for one, would not have...

Sep.25.2008 - 12:42 pm

My Political Contribution for Today

Apr.14.2008 - 9:49 pm

Blogging for Life (or Death)

How can a writer not be lured by the idea of blogging? It's instantaneous publication -- to all your friends, acquaintances, people you'd like to know, readers you'd like to...

Comments from Susanne

Mar.04.2013 - 5:27 pm

In response to: The Sexiest Harmonica Player Alive

Sexiest!

Truly, Sam, this is one of your funniest and cleverest and sexiest -- according to My Poll, which is far more...

Jun.12.2009 - 1:53 pm

In response to: THE DAILY SAM: WHAT TO WEAR TO YOUR WEDDING

At least your tie knows

At least your tie knows where it belongs.

May.18.2009 - 2:09 pm

In response to: The Daily Sam: Sarah Palin’s Big Book

The Sara Palin Book

What amazes me most is that there's an editor at Harper who'll be able to work on this book without the need for an...

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Article: Book Review of Abbas Milani's 'The Shah'

Article: Book Review of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's 'Nomad'

Article: Book Review of Roxana Saberi's 'Between Two Worlds'

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About Susanne

Susanne Pari is an Iranian-American journalist and author of The Fortune Catcher, a novel that explores multicultural identity and religious fundamentalism during the aftermath of the Iranian Revolution; it has been translated into six languages. Her non-...

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Global Fund for Women