Gina B NahaiGina B. Nahai is a best-selling author, columnist, and emeritus professor of creative writing at USC. Her novels have been translated into eighteen languages, and she has received the Los Angeles Arts Council Award, the Persian Heritage Foundation's ward, the Simon Rockower Award, and the Phi Kappa Phi Award. Her writings have appeared in numerous national and international publications as well as in a number of literary and academic journals and anthologies. She is a monthly columnist for the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles and is a three-time finalist for an L.A. Press Club award. Her most recent novel, the Luminous Heart of Jonah S., was a finalist for the Jewish Book Council's fiction award in 2014 and long-listed for the Dublin International Literary Award. Read More Read Less