BIOGRAPHY:

Marjane Satrapi (1969- ) was born in Rasht, Iran, and currently lives in Paris. She grew up in Tehran, where she studied at the Lycee Francais before leaving for Vienna and then going to Strasbourg to study illustration. As well as her Harvey Award winning comic, Persepolis, she has written several childrens books and her commentary and comics appear in newspapers and magazines around the world, including The New York Times and The New Yorker.

Interviews:
Bookslut (2006)
The Independent (2006)
Nerve (2005)
Bookslut (2004)
The Independent (2004)
The Guardian (2003)
Newsarama (2002)

Resources:
Marjane Satrapi.com
Persepolis Film Site
Marjane Satrapi at Pantheon Books
On-Line Preview: Persepolis
The Comics Reporter: Marjane Satrapi Links

Reviews:
Book Slut: Embroideries
Time.com: Embroideries
Paul Gravett: Persepolis
Time.com: Persepolis
Salon.com: Persepolis
Reason.com: Persepolis
The New York Review of Books: Persepolis

Persepolis Vol 1
Pantheon, 2003
A wise, funny and heartbreaking memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from the age of six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islamic Revolution, and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. She bears witness to a childhood uniquely entwined with the history of her country.

"Satrapi, beyond being an astute storyteller, is a fantastic comic artist. Her stark images appear disarmingly simple, but she has an amazing way of conveying sanctimony, fury or desolation in the spare lines of her characters' faces. Just glance at the glum, veiled girl on the book's cover and you can feel her disgust and the germ of her rebellion."
Salon.com

Persepolis Vol 2
Pantheon, 2004
In 1984, Marjane Satrapi flees fundamentalism in Iran and the war with Iraq to begin a new life in Vienna. Once there, she faces the trials of adolescence far from her family and friends, surrounded by people who have no way of understanding her experience as she struggles for a sense of belonging. She decides to return to Iran after graduation and her difficult homecoming forces her to confront the changes both she and her country have undergone in her absence. The repression and state-sanctioned chauvinism lead her to question whether she can have a future in Iran.

"I cannot praise enough Satrapi's moving account of growing up as a spirited young girl in revolutionary and wartime Iran. Persepolis is a disarming and often humorous, but ultimately it is shattering."
Joe Sacco, creator of Palestine and Safe Area Gorazde

"Sometimes funny and sometimes sad but always sincere and revealing, Persepolis will be one of the best graphic books of the year."
Time.com

Embroideries
Pantheon, 2005
Embroideries recounts an afternoon of tea drinking and talking between Marjane, her mother, grand-mother, friends and neighbours. Naturally, the subject turns to love, sex and the vargaries of men. As the afternoon progresses, these vibrant women share their secrets, their regrets and often their outrageous stories, with subjects ranging from how to escape an arranged marriage, the miracles of plastic surgery, the benefits of being a mistress and how to fake your virginity. These are stories about the lengths to which some women will go to keep a man or, most importantly, keep up appearances.

"Embroideries is as funny, opinionated, controversial and surprising as any good comic or conversation should be."
Time.com

Chickem With Plums (2006)
Embroideries (2005)
Persepolis Vol 2 (2004)
Persepolis Vol 1 (2003)

For Children:
Monsters Are Afraid Of The Moon (2006)