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Sofia Mostaghimi is a Toronto-based fiction writer and educator. Born in Sherbrooke, Québec., to a Québécoise mother and an Iranian father, she grew up in Mississauga, Ontario, where she mastered the art of hanging out in Tim Horton's parking lots. Her fiction has appeared in Joyland Magazine, The Fiddlehead, and The Ex-Puritan, among others. Her excerpt of "Desperada" was long-listed for the 2018 Journey Prize, and her story “The Day You Were Born” appeared in The Unpublished City, which was short-listed for the 2018 Toronto Book Awards.
She likes to write about places, spaces, and the identies that mark them and are marked by them. DESPERADA is her debut novel.
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For questions or other inquiries, she can be reached directly by e-mail at sofia.mostaghimi@gmail.com or through her agent, Cody Caetano of CookeMcDermid Agency Inc. at ccaetano@cookemcdermid.com
I would also like to acknowledge that I am a settler living and writing on traditional territories. I was born on the unceded territories of the N'dakina (Abenaki) and the Wabanaki (Dawnland Confederacy). I currently live and reside on the traditional territories of the Wendat, Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and the Métis Nation. The treaty that was signed for this particular parcel of land is collectively referred to as the Toronto Purchase. This land is now known as Toronto, and it has been a place of meeting and exchange for Indigenous peoples for thousands of years. I am grateful for the opportunity to live and work on this land, and I recognize the enduring presence, resilience, and contributions of Indigenous communities past, present, and future. In acknowledging this historical context, I am aware of my role in the continuous marginalization of Indigenous peoples in Canada and the United States. As I guest on this land, I support the efforts of Indigenous leaders and activists who are actively working towards dismantling oppressive structures and decolonizing these environments.