John Ghazvinian is the author of UNTAPPED: The Scramble for Africa's Oil (Harcourt, 2007) and the forthcoming CHILDREN OF THE REVOLUTION: Iran and America from the Mayflower to the Mullahs (Knopf, 2010). He has a doctorate in history from Oxford University and has written for Newsweek, the Nation, the Sunday Times, and other publications.

Born in Iran and raised in London and Los Angeles, he currently lives in Philadelphia, where he is a Senior Fellow and Lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing.