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The Tears We Don't See: A Novel
293 pages, Paperback
Published June 21, 2024
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About the author
Masoud Torabi
5 books5 followersMasoud Torabi was born in Tehran, Iran in 1990. While growing up in the rural streets of Tehran, Masoud developed an urge to write short stories dealing with romance, family and social issues, and various societal topics.
It was not until Masoud was introduced to the James Cameron classic Titanic in 1997 that his path to fiction writing was put front and center. "Titanic, especially the scene where Rose was being lowered into the lifeboat and she was seeing the love of her life for perhaps the last time was so heartbreaking and life-changing for me that I promised myself at that point I want to portray the same type of magic to a great audience," Masoud notes.
After his family migrated to the United States in 2002, his writing journey continued to grow as he began conducting several high-school themed writing projects. In 2007, Masoud entered Arizona State University as a student of the Film and Media Production program and concentrated mainly on screenwriting. "Being exposed to the richness of motion pictures allowed me to truly develop a cinematic viewpoint on what writing should be. You should be able to not only see the characters, but feel, smell, and touch them as well - and that is what I try to do in everything I write."
In 2011 Masoud began developing a screenplay project titled Every Step Back that ignited an indescribable passion to indulge in the art of fiction writing. Soon after completing Every Step Back in its filmic form, Masoud ventured into adapting the screenplay into novel form. "It was a story I could not quite let go of. It represents so much of who I am and the places I have been. It is 100% me."
On February 25, 2014, Masoud published Every Step Back, moved the world and introduce them to his ultra-romantic writing style. "The success of my first novel allowed me to reflect back on my artistry and reevaluate my vision for where I want to go as an author and as a person. It changed my life!"
While fans have called Every Step Back "elegantly written and cogent in description", Masoud continues to develop his repertoir as an author, presenting his first ever short stories collection titled "Underneath Our Broken Wings: a Collection of Short Stories from Our Times & Beyond, Vol. 1", to be released on June 9, 2015.
It was not until Masoud was introduced to the James Cameron classic Titanic in 1997 that his path to fiction writing was put front and center. "Titanic, especially the scene where Rose was being lowered into the lifeboat and she was seeing the love of her life for perhaps the last time was so heartbreaking and life-changing for me that I promised myself at that point I want to portray the same type of magic to a great audience," Masoud notes.
After his family migrated to the United States in 2002, his writing journey continued to grow as he began conducting several high-school themed writing projects. In 2007, Masoud entered Arizona State University as a student of the Film and Media Production program and concentrated mainly on screenwriting. "Being exposed to the richness of motion pictures allowed me to truly develop a cinematic viewpoint on what writing should be. You should be able to not only see the characters, but feel, smell, and touch them as well - and that is what I try to do in everything I write."
In 2011 Masoud began developing a screenplay project titled Every Step Back that ignited an indescribable passion to indulge in the art of fiction writing. Soon after completing Every Step Back in its filmic form, Masoud ventured into adapting the screenplay into novel form. "It was a story I could not quite let go of. It represents so much of who I am and the places I have been. It is 100% me."
On February 25, 2014, Masoud published Every Step Back, moved the world and introduce them to his ultra-romantic writing style. "The success of my first novel allowed me to reflect back on my artistry and reevaluate my vision for where I want to go as an author and as a person. It changed my life!"
While fans have called Every Step Back "elegantly written and cogent in description", Masoud continues to develop his repertoir as an author, presenting his first ever short stories collection titled "Underneath Our Broken Wings: a Collection of Short Stories from Our Times & Beyond, Vol. 1", to be released on June 9, 2015.
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