Nahid Sewell

Nahid Sewell was born in Tehran, Iran, before the Islamic Revolution. She came to the US to attend college and earned a B.A. and M.B.A. from Lehigh University. While holding full-time positions and raising a family, she began writing a series of articles and became a frequent speaker. Her first non-fiction book was a best-seller, followed with three additional books. Nahid has written hundreds of articles for trade publications, with eight featured on magazine covers. She is an award-winning author and speaker.

While establishing herself as a successful author and Information Technology executive, Nahid married an American man and raised two sons. Her husband, who lived for twenty years in a Christian community, provided much of the context for Christian fundamentalism in this, her debut novel. Together, their life's experiences provide color and add authenticity to this fictional story of an Iranian woman's struggle against intolerance. Their shared vision of a world where men and women of all colors and cultures, all races and religions, recognize their interconnected oneness gave life to this book.

Nahid is fluent in English, Farsi, and French and has traveled to Iran with her family on many occasions, where she experienced and observed first-hand the turmoil and transition she writes about.