Saïd Sayrafiezadeh’s critically acclaimed memoir, When Skateboards Will Be Free, was selected as one of the ten best books of 2009 by Dwight Garner of the New York Times. His short stories and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, the Paris Review, Granta, the New York Times Book Review, and numerous other publications. Saïd Sayrafiezadeh was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a Jewish American mother and an Iranian father, and was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He now lives in New York City with his wife. What People are Saying About Saïd Sayrafiezadeh“[Saïd Sayrafiezadeh is a name] that you may want to remember…[He] writes with extraordinary power.”
—New York Times “[Sayrafiezadeh] writes with grace and clarity about growing up juggling deprivation and desire.”
—Time |
