Dina Nayeri graduated from Princeton where she first discovered her passion for fiction. However, being a stubborn know-it-all, she had to spend five years in the business world first. She worked as a consultant at McKinsey in New York City and as a project manager for Saks Fifth Avenue. Dina then received an MBA and an M.Ed. from Harvard, where she was a Zuckerman Fellow, a teaching fellow in economics, a resident advisor, and a speaker on topics in business and marketing. Next she’s off to the Iowa Writers Workshop for her MFA. Dina lives in Amsterdam. In her spare time, she loves to cook, travel, read, and collect fancy degrees to decorate her future sarcophagus.

Books by Dina Nayeri

A Teaspoon of Earth and Sea

by Dina Nayeri - Fiction, Historical Fiction

Growing up in a small rice-farming village in 1980s Iran, 11-year-old Saba Hafezi and her twin sister, Mahtab, are captivated by America. When her mother and sister disappear, Saba is certain that they have moved there without her. As she grows up, falls in and out of love, and struggles with the limited possibilities in post-revolutionary Iran, Saba envisions that there is another way for her story to unfold.

Another Jekyll, Another Hyde

by Daniel Nayeri and Dina Nayeri - Fantasy, Fiction, Paranormal, Young Adult 14+

Another Pan

by Daniel Nayeri and Dina Nayeri - Fantasy, Supernatural

Another Faust

by Daniel Nayeri and Dina Nayeri - Fantasy, Paranormal