After a dazzling career in poetry, the Iranian American author makes his novelist debut with ‘Martyr!’, a story based on his ...

A tale of redemption and reclamation, this novel portrays the ambitions and anxieties of ordinary young people in ...

Tommy Orange and Akbar recently stopped along their tour to discuss their friendship, uncanny parallels between their novels ...

The authors of the celebrated novels ‘Wandering Stars’ and ‘Martyr!’ are each other’s valued early readers. “We both wrote ...

The minister said, “We have seen the books of all classes. We have not found it (mention of Akbar as great) in the books yet. If it is there, then all the books will be burnt.” ...

The two writers, currently on a joint book tour through the Bay Area, sat down with The Daily Californian in San Francisco’s ...

Sceptre has snapped up a new narrative non-fiction book by Jhalak, PEN Ackerley and Costa-shortlisted author and Guardian ...

Wandering Stars author Tommy Orange and Martyr! author Kaveh Akbar teamed up for a Bay Area book tour this month, stopping at ...

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar, two authors who are also best friends on a driving tour of the Bay area.

Tommy Orange and Kaveh Akbar write about serious events in life. Tommy Orange, member of the Cheyenne and Arapahoe tribes, begins his last book, "Wandering Stars," with the murder of 230 Native ...