Sholeh Wolpé is a poet, writer, editor and literary translator whose work transcends the boundaries of language, gender, ethnicity and nationality. Born in Iran, she spent most of her teen years in Trinidad and the UK before settling in the United States. A recipient of the 2014 PEN/Heim Translation Fund award, 2013 Midwest Book Award and 2010 Lois Roth Persian Translation prize, Wolpé is the author of three collections of poetry and two books of translations, and is the editor of three anthologies. She lives in Los Angeles.