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Sara Saedi

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Sara Saedi was born in Tehran, Iran smack-dab in the middle of a war and an Islamic Revolution. She received a B.A. in Film and Mass Communications from the University of California, Berkeley and began her career as a creative executive for ABC Daytime. Since then she's penned three TV movies for ABC Family and a pilot for the Disney Channel, won a Daytime Emmy for What If..., a web series she wrote for ABC, and worked as a staff writer on the FOX sitcom The Goodwin Games.

Her first novel for young adults, Never Ever, was published in 2016 and its sequel, The Lost Kids, was published in spring 2018. Her memoir, Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card was released in February 2018. Her latest novel, I Miss You, I Hate This comes out in Octo ...more

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Not a question, but I just wanted to say how cool it is for me to read your book Americanized when -- in the late nineties -- I was in high school, living in "the rough-and-tumble streets of Cupertino," attending rival school Monta Vista. Weird that our paths might have crossed. Anyway, I'm really enjoying the book so far. Thanks so much for your wit and humor in telling your story. (And here is my question mark: ?)

Sara Saedi OMG, you went to Monta Vista?! That's so crazy, I bet we know a lot of people in common. And I feel like my cousins and I gave a ride to one of your t…moreOMG, you went to Monta Vista?! That's so crazy, I bet we know a lot of people in common. And I feel like my cousins and I gave a ride to one of your teachers from the airport once. he was young and kind of a dreamboat. Thank you so much for reaching out! xoxo(less)

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When is the estimated release date for "Lost Kids"?

Sara Saedi It will be out April 10th! In the meantime, you can also check out my memoir, Americanized which will be out February 6th. Thanks so much!

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	Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card 3.91 avg rating — 3,473 ratings — published 2018 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Never Ever (Never Ever, #1) 3.50 avg rating — 1,258 ratings — published 2016 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Body Talk: 37 Voices Explore Our Radical Anatomy by Kelly Jensen (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Eric Smith (Goodreads Author), Julie Murphy (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 587 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Miss You, I Hate This 3.70 avg rating — 493 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Lost Kids (Never Ever, #2) 3.50 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 2018 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Iran is not pronounced i-RAN; it’s pronounced e-RON. Spread the word. Tell all your friends. Tweet it. Shout it from the rooftops. Correct people. It’ll make you sound smart and cultured. On behalf of my fellow Iranians (e-RON-ians), we thank you.”
― Sara Saedi, Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card

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“In my not-so-humble opinion, I believe that immigrants are the true American patriots. We never take living in this country for granted.”
― Sara Saedi, Americanized: Rebel Without a Green Card

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“I’m an isosceles triangle and my sine, cosine, and tangent are anxiety, insecurity, and irrational fear—all hidden away in uneven angles.”
― Sara Saedi, I Miss You, I Hate This

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