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Marjan Kamali (BWBH Board Clerk) was born in Turkey to Iranian parents, and spent her childhood in Kenya, Germany, Turkey, Iran, and the United States. Marjan graduated from U.C. Berkeley and earned an MBA from Columbia University and an MFA from NYU. Her debut novel Together Tea (EccoBooks/HarperCollins) was a Massachusetts Book Award Finalist, an NPR WBUR Good Read, and a Target Emerging Author Selection. It has been translated into several languages and was recently adapted for the stage. Her work has also been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in two anthologies: Tremors and Let Me Tell You Where I’ve Been. Her second novel, The Stationery Shop, is being adapted into an HBO television series. Marjan taught writing at Boston University and currently teaches at GrubStreet. She is a co-founder of the Arlington Author Salon and lives with her husband and two children in the Boston area.