Gian Sardar

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