Marjan Kamali is the author of The Stationery Shop (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster), a national bestseller, and Together Tea (EccoBooks/HarperCollins), a Massachusetts Book Award finalist. She is a 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship. Kamali’s novels are published in translation in more than 25 languages. Her essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Literary Hub, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Kamali holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from Columbia University, and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from New York University. Born in Turkey to Iranian parents, Kamali spent her childhood in Turkey, Iran, Germany, Kenya, and the U.S. She now lives in the Boston area with her family. The Stationery Shop: National best-seller Prix Attitude Award in France Boston Globe best-seller Publishers Weekly best-seller Indie Next Pick Amazon's Best Editor's Pick Best Literature & Fiction Amazon Best Book of the Month Editor's Top Pick from Real Simple magazine Newsweek's 30 Best Summer Books Solstice Literary Magazine Pushcart Nomination Optioned for TV series at HBO Together Tea: Massachusetts Book Award Finalist NPR WBUR Good Read Target Emerging Author Selection Adapted for the stage and performed in California.