محمد طلوعی Born (1979) to high school teachers Zia and Umme-Nabi in the throes of 1979 Revolution in Rasht, Mohammad Tolouei tried different paths of arts and crafts in prime before he made up his mind in the 1990s to pursue a literary career, first as a tenacious poet and dramatist, and then as a storywriter. His debut novel Fair Wind’s Prey was published in 2007 (which brought him the Farda Awards for Best Technical Novel of the Year and was nominated for the 8th Shahid Ghanipour Awards); his first short story collection I’m Not Janette was released in 2011. Tolouei belongs to the emerging New Generation of Iranian novelists and short story writers marked by their transitive style of writing that sets free of tradition and ventures novelty in narrative and form.