Jasmin Darznik, author portrait
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Jasmin Darznik

Jasmin Darznik is the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Daughter: A Memoir of My Mother’s Hidden Life and Song of a Captive Bird. Her books have been published in seventeen countries. She was born in Tehran, Iran, and came to America when she was five years old. She holds an MFA in fiction from Bennington College, a JD from the University of California, and a PhD in English from Princeton University. Now a professor of English and creative writing at California College of the Arts, she lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family.
The Bohemians
Song of a Captive Bird

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The Bohemians
Song of a Captive Bird

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Inside the Book: Jasmin Darznik (THE BOHEMIANS)

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