For decades, Zohreh has enjoyed speaking with audiences of all ages and sizes, in-person or online. A former university professor, she is an expert at keeping her audiences awake and engaged!
Zohreh is fluent in both English and Persian and would be happy to give her talk in either language.
BRING ZOHREH TO YOUR SCHOOL OR EVENT!
Zohreh works with a sliding fee scale, and will always do her best to be part of your special event.
Popular topics and keynotes:
- School/classroom visits
- Cross-cultural storytelling
- Writing “with an accent”
- Iranian culture
- Getting started with your book
- Writing fiction influenced by true stories
- Writing for children
- Believing in and achieving your dreams at any age
If you’re a local San Diego aspiring writer, consider visiting the wonderful organization San Diego Writers, Ink. to request a workshop led by me!
Let’s meet! Please contact me about your event.
My upcoming Events calendar can be found here
Partial list of past speaking engagements:
- Voice of America
- LA Times Festival of Books
- KPBS
- WBEZ in Chicago
- Radio Iran
- Osher Club
- Iranian-American Women Foundation Conference (United States and London, England)
- Georgetown University
- University of Chicago
- UC Berkeley
- San Diego State University
- UC San Diego
- San Francisco State University
- Juvenile Detention Center
- Retirement homes
- American Association of University Women (AAUW)
- Brandeis National Committee
- San Diego City College (so frequently that she was humorously referred to as their Author-in-Residence!)
- Bookstores nationwide
- Coast to coast book clubs (CA to New York!)
- Rotary Club of Los Angeles
View all of my upcoming events here.
