Olivia Abtahi

Guest/Teaching Artist

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Growing up in the DC area, Olivia devoured books and hid in empty classrooms during school to finish them. Her debut novel, Perfectly Parvin, was published in 2021 by Penguin Random House Putnam Books For Young Readers, receiving starred reviews from Booklist, School Library Journal, and Best of 2021 lists from the Chicago and New York Public Library systems. Her sophomore novel, Azar on Fire, will be published in August 2022, with her middle grade debut in 2023. She currently lives in Denver, Colorado, with her husband and daughter.

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