Melody Moezzi

Melody Moezzi (Persian: ملودی معزی‎‎; born March 4, 1979 in Chicago, IL) is an Iranian-American writer and attorney. She writes and speaks about religion, public health, politics and culture. She is the author of Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life and War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims. Moezzi is a United Nations Global Expert and formerly the Executive Director of the Atlanta-based interfaith nonprofit 100 People of Faith. Moezzi has written for the New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, Parabola, The Huffington Post, NPR, and Ms. Magazine, among others. She was a columnist for the short-lived Muslim Girl Magazine. Moezzi speaks openly about having bipolar disorder and is a regular columnist and blogger for Bipolar Magazine. Moezzi has appeared on several television and radio programs, including CNN, NPR, BBC, PRI and Air America. She founded the activist group Hooping for Peace. Moezzi holds degrees from Wesleyan University, Emory University School of Law, and Emory's Rollins School of Public Health.

Books

• Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life, Avery Publishing (2013).
• War on Error: Real Stories of American Muslims, University of Arkansas Press (2007).

• 2007 Georgia Author of the Year Awards (GAYA) winner for Creative Non-Fiction (Essay) for War on Error
• 2008 Gustavus Myers Book Award honorable mention for War on Error

• Herbst, Helen (2008), "Melody Moezzi Wins Georgia Author of the Year Award", Creative Loafing. Retrieved on 2 December 2008.
• Lovett, Anne (2009), "Review: War on Error", Georgia Writers Association. Retrieved on 15 July 2009.
• Gustavus Myers Center Book Awards announcement