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Author Biography
Melody Moezzi is a writer, activist, author and attorney. Her first book, War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims, earned her a Georgia Author of the Year Award and a Gustavus Myers Center for Bigotry and Human Rights Honorable Mention. Moezzi is a commentator for National Public Radio's All Things Considered and for Georgia Public Radio. She has also appeared on CNN, BBC, and the Laura Ingraham Show. She has written for many print and online publications, such as the Huffington Post, Parabola, the American Bar Association's Student Lawyer, Dissident Voice, American Chronicle, and the Yale Journal for Humanities in Medicine.
Born in Chicago in 1979, Moezzi grew up mostly in Dayton, Ohio amid a strong and vibrant Iranian-American diaspora. Today, she lives in Atlanta, with her husband, Matthew, and their cats, Olyan and Talula. She is a graduate of Wesleyan University, Emory University School of Law, and the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health.
Read more about the author and War on Error: The Atlanta-Journal Constitution: "Stereotype-defying young Muslims make writer's point" (3/2008) When Melody Moezzi was looking for a publisher for her first book - at look at the lives of young American Muslims - two companies offered her the same deal: Find and interview a terrorist, and we'll give you an advance. [more] One Nation: "New book explores diversity of American Muslim population" (12/2007) Raised in Dayton, Ohio, Melody Moezzi took for granted being accepted as an individual and not being judged on her faith. [more] [profile] Dayton Daily News: "Centerville grad writes about Muslims" (11/2007) Melody Moezzi, a Muslim of Iranian descent who grew up in the Dayton area, would like the world to know she doesn't know any terrorists. That's one reason her new book, War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims, doesn't feature any. [more] Publishers Weekly: "Humanizing Islam" (10/2007) Melody Moezzi is dismayed by the portraits of Islam and her fellow Muslims she sees in the American press. [more]
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