[1] Sahar Delijani was born in Evin Prison in Tehran while both her parents were detained as leftist political activists, fighting against the newly established Islamic regime.

Her uncle, her father's younger brother, however, was among thousands of political prisoners executed and buried in mass graves by the regime in 1988.

Several times a Pushcart nominee and longlisted for the Granum Foundation Prize and Le Livre de Poche Prix des Lecteurs, Delijani's writing has appeared in several literary magazines and newspapers including McSweeney's Quarterly Concern, Literary Hub, Kweli Journal, BBC Persian, The Bellevue Review, Slice Magazine, DW Persian, Corriere della Sera[7] and La Nazione.

[18] Children of the Jacaranda Tree was a finalist for Elle's Gran Premio 2014,[19] a Women's National Book Association's Great Group Read 2014 selection.

[20] CBS Local Best Book Club Picks for Fall 2014[21] and a candidate for Prix des Lecteurs Sélection 2015 by Le Livre de Poche.