Farnoosh Moshiri was born into a literary family in Tehran. She earned her M.A. in drama from the University of Iowa, and returned to Iran in 1979. After refusing to sign an agreement to obey the new regime, Moshiri went underground, escaping first to Afghanistan, then India. She eventually graduated from the University of Houston's creative writing program. Moshiri is also the author of At the Wall of the Almighty. Currently, she teaches at Montgomery College in Houston, Texas.