Reza Aslan

REZA ASLAN has studied religions at Santa Clara University,
Harvard University, and the University of California, Santa
Barbara. He holds an MFA in fiction from the Writers’
Workshop at the University of Iowa, where he was also
visiting assistant professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern
Studies. His work has appeared in USA Today, U.S. News &
World Report, and The Chronicle of Higher Education as well
as a number of academic journals. Born in Iran, he lives in
Santa Barbara and New Orleans.