Dr. Minou Soumekh Michlin is a professor emeritus of social work at Southern Connecticut State University. She worked as a social worker in Tehran's Jewish ghetto and oversaw day cares across Iran. Minou is married to David Michlin and has two children and five grandchildren. She lives in Beverly Hills, CA. Gali Kronenberg is a writer and book coach. A former Los Angeles Times columnist, Gali has ghostwritten memoirs and nonfiction for a European prime minister and a New York Times bestselling author. His clients' books have sold to Penguin Random House and HarperCollins and won praise in The New York Times. After earning his MS at Columbia University, Gali worked as a reporter for The San Diego Union, The New York Times regional media group and Los Angeles Times. A ghostwriter and former Mandarin Chinese and French interpreter, Gali's language and cultural skills help him translate his clients' ideas to a global audience. Living abroad in China, India, France, Argentina and Israel and his interviews with tech moguls, Nobel laureates, U.S. presidents and spiritual leaders expanded his worldview. His writing draws on the best techniques of journalism, screenwriting and nonfiction to tell emotionally compelling stories that move and inspire. Gali also leads mindfulness, meditation and tai chi workshops. www.MightyWordsLA. com.
A compelling story of mothers and daughters, and Jews living in a Muslim land, I Kept Walking had me rooting for Minou's flight to freedom and spellbound by her journey. -Wilma Peebles-Wilkins, Dean Emeritus at Boston University