Ali Hosseini is an Iranian-American who came to the US in the mid-’70s as a student. His novel, The Lemon Grove, will be published by Northwestern University Press. His short stories have appeared in American Letters & Commentary, Puerto del Sol, Ararat, Hawaii Review, and most recently, Epoch. He has had a novel and two short story collections published in Iran and some of his short fiction has been published in Persian in the US in Par Monthly and Persian Book Review.