Born in Tehran, Sara relocated with her family to the Bay Area after the Islamic revolution, and during the Iran-Iraq War. She was making up stories before she could read or write, and by eight-years-old, declared that she was going to be a screenwriter. This was likely due to her mom taking her to see the movies Cocktail and Rain Man in the theater as a mere second-grader. After a few left turns and an abandoned career path as a creative executive, Sara made the leap to paid writer.
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She's since written on The Goodwin Games (Fox), Grand Hotel (ABC), iZombie and Katy Keene (the CW), and Pretty Little Liars: Summer School (Max). Most recently, she was a Co-EP on Brilliant Minds for NBC. She's also written four books. Her novels, Never Ever and The Lost Kids were published by Viking. Her memoir Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card, was published by Knopf Books for Young Readers (and it was developed for TV with Hello Sunshine & ABC Studios, twice). Her most recent novel, I Miss You, I Hate This was published by Little Brown/Poppy.
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Sara’s personal life often inspires her work. She lives in LA with her husband, their two boys, and their sweet rescue pug.
