Belgheis Soleimani, was born in 1970 a rural area near Kerman, in southeastern Iran. She started her literary career as a researcher and critic. After getting her master’s degree in philosophy, she published over 80 critical articles and four works of research, including: ‘Art and Beauty According to Plato’ (2000), ‘Life and Poetry of Ali-Akbar Dehkhoda’ (2000), and ‘The Gun and The Scales: An Analysis and Criticism of War Short Stories’ (2001).

Her devotion to writing fiction resulted in a number of novels and short story collections within a decade, namely: ‘Banu’s Last Game’ (2005), ‘Auntie Games’ (2008), ‘Bride and Groom Games’ (2008), ‘Welcome to Hades’ (2009), ‘Rabbit Day’ (2011) and ‘Doggone Year’ (2013).

Winner of the 2006 Mehregan and Isfahan Awards for ‘Banu’s Last Game’, Soleimani has been a juror of national awards and a creative writing instructor. Her flash fiction stories are translated into English, Arabic and Italian.