Houshang Moradi Kermani (Persian: هوشنگ مرادی کرمانی, also Romanized as "Hūshang Morādi-e Kermāni"; born 7 September 1944 at Sirch, a village in Kerman province, Iran) is an Iranian writer best known for children's and young adult fiction.

In 2006, Dariush Mehrjui directed Mehman-e Maman based on Moradi Kermani's novel with the same title.

[3] Some of Moradi Kermani's books have been translated into English, Esperanto,[4] German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Arabic, and Armenian.

He has won the Hans Christian Andersen, Honorary diploma (1992) and University of San Francisco book of the year (2000).

[citation needed] Houshang Moradi Kermani is a 2018 candidate for the Astrid Lindgren award.