Petru Popescu

After his escape from Ceausescu's Romania made headlines around the world, Petru Popescu took the arduous path of Joseph Conrad and Vladimir Nabokov - writing in English.

His themes, love and survival, and the secret meanings of religion and sex, were inspired by his own life and struggle.

He has distinguished himself with the New York Times bestselling novels Amazon Beaming and Almost Adam, and the critically acclaimed memoirs The Return and The Oasis.

Petru Popescu lives in Beverly Hills, California, with his wife Iris and his children Chloe and Adam.