Heidi Noroozy writes crime fiction set in the Persian-American subculture and regularly travels to Iran for research and inspiration. In the Islamic Republic, she has pondered the ancient past amid the ruins of Persepolis, baked translucent flat bread with Kurdish women in the Zagros Mountains, dipped her toes in the azure waters of the Caspian Sea and observed the dichotomy of a publicly religious yet privately modern culture.
Her short stories have appeared in crime fiction anthologies, and her first novel finaled in the Debut Dagger Competition of the British Crime Writer's Association.
Heidi blogs with five of her writing pals at Novel Adventurers, where the conversation is all about culture, travel and storytelling.
A native of New England, Heidi currently resides with her Iranian-born husband in Northern California. She is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America and the International Association of Crime Writers.
Contact: heidinoroozy [at] gmail.com
New! Heidi's translation of "The Light in the West", by Nina George, is in the May/June 2011 issue of World Literature Today.
