Firoozeh Dumas: 'Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian American, at Home and Abroad'
Dumas tells her story of being a citizen of the world in her American, Iranian, Parisian family in "Laughing Without an Accent," a series of humorous autobiographical essays. Dumas is the author of the national bestseller, "Funny in Farsi," which was a finalist for the PEN/USA award in 2004 and an Audie Award in 2005 for best audio book.