About

  • Aty is an Iranian writer, artist, translator, TEDx speaker, and a full-time writing mentor and teacher. She graduated in English Translation BA, is studying Ancient Persian Languages MA. She’s been teaching writing and art for the past ten years, mentoring writers, story coaching, and judging in writing competitions. She introduced the first English Novel Writing classes in Iran, and owns and manages her own writing institute, Behsam International Creative Writing Institute of Iran. She has worked as an editorial assistant, cover artist, and art director, and is the director and producer of one of Iran’s most popular podcasts, Yuri On RADIO.
  • Aty has published short stories in the UK, has been an international writing mentor for years (Pitch Wars, QueeryFest, TYWI Mentorship Program,…) Aty has also worked as an editorial assistant, cover artist, and art director, and has published short stories in the UK.
  • You can find the list of her current projects here.