Donia Bijan

Donia Bijan is a Bay Area author and chef. After graduating from UC Berkeley, she attended the Cordon Bleu and ran her acclaimed restaurant, L'Amie Donia, in Palo Alto, for ten years. Her memoir, Maman's Homesick Pie, was published in 2011. Her novel, The Last Days of Cafe Leila, an Amazon Editor's Pick, was published in 2017. Her books have been translated into German and Italian. She is currently working on a novel set in Iran.

Donia Bijan is a Bay Area author and chef. After graduating from UC Berkeley, she attended the Cordon Bleu and ran her acclaimed restaurant, L'Amie Donia, in Palo Alto, for ten years. Her memoir, Maman's Homesick Pie, was published in 2011. Her novel, The Last Days of Cafe Leila, an Amazon Editor's Pick, was published in 2017. Her books have been translated into German and Italian. She is currently working on a novel set in Iran. See less