Homa, Ava: - AVA Homa is a writer, journalist, and activist specializing in women\'s issues and Middle Eastern affairs.
Warrior Butterflies is her debut novel..
She was born and raised in the Kurdistan Province in Iran and now divides her time between Toronto and the Bay Area.
Her collection of short stories, Echoes from the Other Land , was longlisted for the Frank O\'Connor International Prize, and she is the inaugural recipient of the PEN Canada-Humber College Writers-In-Exile Scholarship.
She holds an MA in English and Creative Writing from the University of Windsor in Canada.
Homa, Ava: - AVA Homa is a writer, journalist, and activist specializing in women\'s issues and Middle Eastern affairs