Marsha Mehran

Marsha Mehran (1977-2014) was born in Tehran, Iran, but left during the Revolution, at age two, with her family. She then lived in such diverse places as Buenos Aires, the United States, Australia, and Ireland. Marsha's talent and wit was evident from an early age: she became fluent in speaking Farsi, Spanish, and English at age six; she was identified as a gifted child at age eight in the USA; and she excelled at learning to play the piano, nurturing her musical talent at the Elder Conservatory of Music in Adelaide. Her first book, Pomegranate Soup, published in 2005, was translated into fifteen languages and published in more than twenty countries. The continuation, Rosewater and Soda Bread, was a hit sequel in Marsha's vision for a series of seven books. The third title, Pistachio Rain, was scheduled for publication in 2014 but disrupted by her demise in April that year. Her stand-alone book has been published in Australia and New Zealand, by Harper Collins, as The Margaret Thatcher School of Beauty and by Amazon Crossing as The Saturday Night School of Beauty. Marsha Mehran passed away in her adopted home of Ireland, in 2014 at the age of thirty-six. She leaves behind a literary legacy that will continue to thrive in her legion of fans across the globe.