Marjan Kamali

Marjan Kamali is the author of The Stationery Shop (Gallery Books/Simon & Schuster), a national bestseller, and Together Tea (EccoBooks/HarperCollins), a Massachusetts Book Award finalist. She is a 2022 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship. Kamali’s novels are published in translation in more than 25 languages. Her essays have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Literary Hub, and the Los Angeles Review of Books. Kamali holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature from University of California, Berkeley, an MBA from Columbia University, and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from New York University. Born in Turkey to Iranian parents, Kamali spent her childhood in Turkey, Iran, Germany, Kenya, and the U.S. She now lives in the Boston area with her family. The Stationery Shop: National best-seller Prix Attitude Award in France Boston Globe best-sellerPublishers Weekly best-sellerIndie Next PickAmazon's Best Editor's Pick Best Literature & FictionAmazon Best Book of the MonthEditor's Top Pick from Real Simple magazine Newsweek's 30 Best Summer BooksSolstice Literary Magazine Pushcart NominationOptioned for TV series at HBOTogether Tea:Massachusetts Book Award FinalistNPR WBUR Good ReadTarget Emerging Author SelectionAdapted for the stage and performed in California.