Author, Speaker, Biographer, and Thought Leader: Nooshie Motaref

BIOGRAPHY

Nooshie Motaref is the author of the award-winning novel, Tapestries of the Heart, Bird of Passage, The Land of Roses and Nightingales, and now The Girl Raised in Bull Blood, has gone through many challenging life experiences; unlike many women from the Middle East. Nooshie grew up in a family of strong women... and men. Her father owned a newspaper in Tehran. She was encouraged to pursue education and to make her own decision about marriage. She grew up in Persia and studied in Iran, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. She received her master’s and doctorate degrees in American Literature and Folklore from Florida State University. Her dissertation is proof of Carl Jung’s theory, the “ Collective Unconscious,” through Persian fairytales and folktales.