Mojtabai, known for her dry, understated, humorous but honest depictions of the human condition, has set Featherless in Shady Rest Home for the Aged.
A.G. (Grace) Mojtabai has published novels, non-fiction, short stories, and articles. She was raised on the East Coast, spent years in the Middle East, and for the past few decades has made her home on the plains of the Texas Panhandle. She has taught at Harvard University, New York University, and the University of Tulsa. She has been a recipient of a Radcliffe Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and two awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.