Gian Sardar

Gian Sardar is the author of the novels Land of Dreams,When the World Goes Quiet, Take What You Can Carry, and You Were Here, and is the coauthor of the memoir Psychic Junkie. She studied creative writing at Loyoa Marymount University, and her work has appeared in the New York Times and Confrontation Magazine and on Salon.com, among other places. Gian was born in Los Angeles, California. Her father was from Kurdistan of Iraq, and her mother is Belgian American and from Minnesota. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, son, and dog, where she enjoys gardening, cooking, and other forms of procrastination. For more information, visit www.giansardar.com.