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Marsha Mehran (; born Mahsa Mehran; 11 November 1977 – April 2014) was an Iranian novelist. Her works include the international bestsellers Pomegranate Soup (2005) and Rosewater and Soda Bread (2008).
In their new home, political upheaval, this time associated with the rule of the Argentine junta, forced the family to once more move continents. This time the family moved to America, where in Miami, Mehran pursued, for a decade, her then dream of becoming a concert pianist.
Mehran's parents divorced, and in the 1990s, Mehran and her mother came to New York. Mehran told an interviewer: “I arrived in New York with only $200 in my pocket. I worked, initially, as a hostess in a restaurant owned by Russian mobsters. There were no customers there, which I thought a bit odd at first, until I realised that the restaurant was just a front for their other dealings.”
At age 17, Mehran's father reports, her permanent visa for the United States was revoked for a "minor infraction". Unhappy about having to leave the United States, Mehran moved to Australia where her parents were now living. She then moved back to the USA on a Holiday Visa when she was 19. At 21 she moved back to Australia with her then partner Christopher before jumping back and forth between Ireland, Australia and New York. She received an Artist visa from the US in 2006 and moved back to New York.
Her second novel, Rosewater and Soda Bread (2008), is a continuation of Pomegranate Soup. It marked the second installment of a series that was cut short by her death in April 2014. The series was to run for seven books; the third, Pistachio Rain, was due for publication in 2014.
Her posthumous novel, The Margaret Thatcher School of Beauty (2014), later titled The Saturday Night School of Beauty, is set in Buenos Aires during the Falklands War and tells the story of a group of individuals who gather once a week to recite poetry and tell tales of what has been.
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