And each time, it bores deeper into my consciousness and breaks my heart all over again. I’ve read Toni Morrison’s Beloved a few times. I wanted to write with the freedom he writes, stretch the boundaries of belief until the reader suspends disbelief and is fully engaged in the life of the characters, no matter how outlandish they might be, which they really are in Marquez’s novel.
I wanted to write like Marquez, give free reign to my imagination like Marquez, weave history, fantasy, and life together in a magical way like Marquez. But before then I remember reading comics that no longer exist, like Little Lulu.Ī Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez. The first book I remember reading is Daphne De Maurie’s Rebekah, which does not mean I didn’t start reading way before I was nine years old, which is when I started reading Rebekah.
Quick lightning round! Tell us the first book you ever remember reading, the one that made you want to become an author, and one that you can’t stop thinking about! I was so in love, the only time I was entirely present was when I was writing and in the world of my book. The moment I began writing my thesis, which ended being my first novel, Harem, I was an obsessed woman. At the end of the first semester, a professor, to whom I’ll be eternally grateful, having detected a talent I did not notice, directed me to the School of Professional Writing at USC. This, mind you, was at a time I had not yet learned how to type. I wanted to become a journalist, or so I thought, and I was accepted to the school of Journalism at the University of Southern California. I was not aware of my passion for writing until I went back to school-a married woman with two young daughters. When did you first discover your love for writing? My writings have been praised by many celebrated authors, among them: Amy Ephron, Steve Berry, Jonathan Kirsch, John Rechy, and Rabbi David Wolpe. I have been featured in various publications and media outlets, including Sh’ma, the Los Angeles Times, KCRW, Lilith, Radio Iran, Radio Russia, JWT, and have appeared on numerous television programs. I am an internationally acclaimed bestselling novelist of Harem, Courtesan, The Last Romanov, Scent of Butterflies, and Love and War in the Jewish Quarter, translated into numerous languages and distributed worldwide. Hi, Dora! Can you tell our readers a bit about yourself?
We chat with author Dora Levy Mossanen about her new release Love and War in the Jewish Quarter, which is a breathtaking journey across Iran where war and superstition, jealousy and betrayal, and passion and loyalty rage behind the impenetrable walls of mansions and the crumbling houses of the Jewish Quarter.
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