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  <name><![CDATA[Naseem Rakha]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Naseem is the author of the best selling novel The Crying Tree, and is an award winning journalist whose stories have been heard on NPR’s All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Marketplace Radio, Christian Science Monitor and Living on Earth.

Naseem is interested in stories that have spur discussion and interest in critical issues such as justice, race, forgiveness, diversity, environmental sustainability, economy and war. 

Naseem is represented through Folio Literary Management in NYC http://www.foliolit.com/
Naseem's publicist is Ellen Folen at Broadway Books efolan@randomhouse.com

Publishers Weekly May 11, 2009
&quot;This complex, layered story of a family's journey toward justice and forgiveness comes together through spellbinding storytelling.&quot;

Library Journal, June 1, 2009
&quot;A beautiful and passionate novel that never becomes maudlin or unbelievable. All of the characters are genuinely human, and the author even manages to save a few surprising plot details to the end. Highly recommended, especially for readers interested in the subject of loss and coping.&quot;]]></about>  <influences><![CDATA[Kent Haruf, Truman Capote, Wendell Berry, Jane Smiley]]></influences>  <gender>female</gender>  <hometown>Chicago</hometown>  <born_at>11/19/1959</born_at>    
  
  
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