Love has a funny way of showing up when you aren't looking for it and didn't plan on it.

And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.

Women move through the world never knowing their power.

The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.

Pomegranate Soup is glorious, daring and delightful. I adored the Iranian sisters, Marjan, Bahar and Layla, who are looking to build a life, start a business and find love in a place so far from home. Ireland has never been more beautiful - the perfect setting for this story filled with humor, hope and possibility.

I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up.

I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things, to fail and succeed and flourish and fly.