Nahid Pirnazar( Iranian-Jewish) is the editor of this book. she is a lecturer of Iranian studies at UCLA, where she received her Ph.D. in Iranian Studies with an emphasis on Judeo-Persian literature in 2004, as editor, and under the direction of the author. she has annotated Dr. Brigitte Neuenschwander’s full translation with the author’s additional comments and references to his articles published since 1973.
Dr. Pirnazar’s efforts are and important addition to the literature on the Shahname in English. especially considering that few works have been published on the role of women in Persian literature. Her works have been featured in English and Persian Academic publications including Irano-Judaica, Iranshenasi and Irannameh. She is also a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Jews in the Islamic World as well as Encyclopedia Iranica.
