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About
Defne Suman was born in Istanbul and grew up on Büyükada. She gained a Masters in sociology from the Boğaziçi University and then worked as a teacher in Thailand and Laos, where she studied Hatha Yoga and stayed in Buddhist monasteries. She later continued her studies in Oregon, USA and now lives in Athens with her husband. The Silence of Scheherazade was first published in Turkey and Greece in 2016 and is her English language debut. Her novels and short stories are translated into many languages and are available all around the world. Her second novel, At The Breakfast Table, became available in English in September 2022.