Saïd Sayrafiezadeh

Saïd Sayrafiezadeh is a writer and dramatist. He was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1968 to an Iranian father and a Jewish-American mother, both of whom were members of the Socialist Workers Party. He was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His memoir, When Skateboards Will Be Free: A Memoir of a Political Childhood (Dial Press), was published in March 2009. Stories and essays have appeared in The Paris Review, Granta, Open City and numerous anthologies. He lives in New York City with his wife.