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We are excited to have Zoe Ghahremani return to our San Carlos Branch library to be our author-speaker this month. Her talk will include, “What it means to be a good reader; what libraries do for us and what we can do for them.” This topic was very well received last year when she spoke at the Librarians’ Convention in Sacramento. Zoe is a Board Member of the Friends of the San Diego Central Library. She will be happy to also discuss her books and new anthologies. Zoe’s novel, “Sky of Red Poppies,” was chosen by KPBS to be the “One Book, One San Diego” selection in 2012. Many articles, short stories, and award winning books by Zoe are available.
Zoe is a motivational speaker as well as a prolific author. She has addressed the American Association of University Women, the Brandeis Society, Rotary Club, and The International Women’s Society, to name a few. She has also spoken at universities nationwide, including Georgetown University, UC Berkeley, the University of Chicago, San Francisco State University, San Diego State University and UCSD. She has been featured on Voice of America, KPBS, and more.
“Ghahremani specialized in Pediatric Dentistry at London University, England. After more than two decades of private practice in Chicago and teaching at Northwestern University Dental School, she devoted herself to writing full-time. Born and raised in Iran, Zoe writes both in Persian and English. (Her first book, The Commiserator (2000), is in Persian.)”
Zoe and her husband Gary, reside in San Diego and are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their first grandchild. On Zoe’s website, she states, “It no longer matters if people call me Doctor G. or Dr. K. or doctor anything. I am simply Zoe: a writer, an artist, a gardener. No matter how short life may be, I intend to discover its width and celebrate all it has to offer.” Zoe is a charming, intelligent, interesting speaker-author not to be missed.