Dr. Mahyar Amouzegar is Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs at the University of New Orleans. His last name means -teacher or scholar- since his ancestors were scholars of the Court. Amouzegar was born in Iran but grew in San Francisco with 6 other siblings. A mathematician/engineering by education most of Amouzegar's career has been spent in the national security policy analysis arena. He likes writing policy papers and has several to his name but loves nothing more than writing fiction! Amouzegar said " I believe I am a keen observer of human interaction and I love the notion of how we behave with each other and how sometimes what we think is not what we say. My father was an avid reader and he taught me to love books and appreciate the power of words."
"In my latest novel, 'Pisgah Road', I tried to examine strength and fragility of human interaction. We think words don’t mean anything, but they do. A friendship that should have lasted a lifetime is cut short because of a few worlds that should have been spoken."
Originally aired on Monday, Nov. 27th. All work archived with permission from the author. Photo taken from the University of New Orleans website.