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Susan Azim Boyer writes young adult and women’s fiction featuring Iranian American heroines (whom she *never* encountered growing up), who make messy, complicated choices that rapidly snowball into avalanches. Her debut novel JASMINE ZUMIDEH NEEDS A WIN is out now; her second book THE SEARCH FOR US is coming 10.24.23 from Wednesday Books. She lives in the Palm Desert area with her husband, Wayne, and her Pug mix, Teddy. Her son, Alec, lives in New York.

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After obtaining a Certificate in Screenwriting from UCLA in the early aughts, Iranian American Susan Azim Boyer was accepted to the Sundance Producers Conference and went on to write and direct the independent feature, ALL YOU NEED, starring two-time Academy Award nominee, Shirley Knight, which played on the festival circuit. Her scripts have finaled in several competitions, and she took first place in the YARWA Rosemary Awards for Historical Fiction. Susan Azim Boyer writes young adult and women’s fiction fiction featuring Iranian American heroines (whom she *never* encountered growing up), who make messy, complicated choices that rapidly snowball into avalanches. JASMINE ZUMIDEH NEEDS A WIN is out now; her second young adult book, THE SEARCH FOR US, is coming 10.24.23.. She lives in the Palm Springs/Palm Desert area with her husband, Wayne, and her Pug mix, Teddy. Her son, Alec, lives in New York.