1–What is the title of your latest release? LOVE AND WAR IN THE JEWISH QUARTER   2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? Against the backdrop of military conflict, political tumult, and oppression, Love and War in the Jewish Quarter unfolds a tender and tension-packed story of forbidden love between Soleiman, who should be looking for a Jewish wife to raise his daughter, and Velvet, the Muslim wife of the ruthless Governor General, the most powerful man in the country.  How it all ends is both heartbreaking and hopeful.   3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? Many years ago, when I was in my early twenties, my grandfather, over a cup of rose petal tea, recounted an incident in his past, which continued to brew in my head for many years.  He had been Reza Shah’s dentist, my grandfather told me, during a time of tumult in Iran, a time of change and many difficulties for the Jewish community. Yet, my grandfather was chosen to take care of the opium-ravaged teeth of the king. But there was a major problem. My grandfather was Jewish. And Jews were believed to be najes, or impure….