Katayoun was born and raised in Iran in a multicultural household and moved to Germany aged 14. She studied anthropology in Berlin and London and trained as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. A PhD in medical anthropology led her to the Southwest and the Navajo Nation, the inspiration for Milagro Mystery #1: 'The Quality of Mercy'. Katayoun lives in England, where she is working on Milagro Mystery #4 'Vision Quest'. THE QUALITY OF MERCY 2016 Leapfrog Global Fiction Contest Winner REVIEW LINKS: PUBLISHERS WEEKLY http://www.digitalpw.com/digitalpw-re... RAIN TAXI http://www.raintaxi.com/the-quality-o... DURANGO HERALD https://durangoherald.com/articles/18... FOUR CORNERS FREE PRESS http://fourcornersfreepress.com/?p=6081 CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY https://www.chipublib.org/blogs/post/... REVIEWS: “Tony Hillerman fans will welcome Medhat’s excellent debut and series launch, a refreshing take on Navajo country’s crime, culture, and history. … After the discovery of a man’s body …policeman Franz Kafka (aka K), who has settled in fictional Milagro, San Matteo County (“one of the few places left in the Western hemisphere—and possibly the Eastern too—where his name rings no bells”), teams with Robbie Begay, a tracker with the Redwater Navajo Tribal Police. …As they investigate … Begay and K swap stories, insights, and insults that brilliantly illuminate the daily obstacles that Native Americans encounter. Medhat…uses pathos and humor, tragedy and comedy, to spin an entertaining and original mystery.” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY, starred review; July 2017 “Move over Walt Longmire. Make room for Franz Kafka, aka ‘K’. Expertly plotted, beautifully written…Medhat demonstrates a keen sense of place and Navajo culture and history… Smart, witty, often humorous…Style, grace, a confident, compelling and controlled narrative voice… A very smooth operator, this writer. This book is a high-wire act and the author shines a bright, steady beam on the dark stage where clashing cultures meet.” SARA PRITCHARD, author of Crackpots