Elif Shafak

Elif Shafak is an award-winning bestselling novelist and the most widely read female writer in Turkey. Her books have been translated into more than twenty languages. Her previous novels include <i>The Bastard of Istanbul</i>, a <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i> and <i>Los Angeles Times</i> bestseller, and <i>The Saint of Incipient Insanities.</i> Her op-ed pieces have run in <i>The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post,</i> and <i>The Wall Street Journal,</i> and she has been featured on National Public Radio.