Originally from Iran, Penn Javdan was born in the grip of a war that killed over a million people.

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As an academic, he couples his personal experience as a refugee with teaching and research on politics and justice. 

As a writer of fiction and film, he creates atmospheric dramas about characters who overcome persecution in the face of big shadows: conspiracies, political power, and dark technology.​

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Penn divides his time between Los Angeles and Toronto, but has lived all over: Tehran, Paris, New York City— and maybe someday the moon.