Azar Nafisi is an Iranian-American writer and professor of English literature. Born in Tehran, Iran, she has resided in the United States since 1997 and became a U.S. citizen in 2008. Wikipedia
Born: 1955 (age 68 years), Tehran, Iran
Education: The University of Oklahoma
Notable awards: 2004 Non-fiction Book of the Year Award (Booksense), Persian Golden Lioness Award
Notable works: Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books