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Jasmin Darznik

Jasmin Darznik

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Jasmin Darznik is the author of three previous books. Her debut novel, Song of a Captive Bird, was a New York Times Book Review "Editors' Choice" and a Los Angeles Times bestseller. Her novel The Bohemians was a New York Times Book Review summer recommendation and her memoir, The Good Daughter, was a New York Times bestseller. Her essays have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and other publications. Darznik holds an MFA in fiction from the Bennington Writing Seminars, a J.D. from the University of California, and a Ph.D. in English from Princeton University. She is currently chair of the MFA Program in Writing at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

Books by Jasmin Darznik

The Bohemians

A dazzling novel of one of America’s most celebrated photographers, Dorothea Lange, exploring the wild years in San Francisco that awakened her career-defining grit, compassion, and daring.

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The Good Daughter

A poignant and beautifully written story of three generations of Iranian women

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