Bleriana Myftiu

Bleriana Myftiu grew up in Tirana, Albania and immigrated to the United States after the communist regime was overthrown. She has worked as a translator for the United Nations and holds an MFA in fiction from San Francisco State University. Her writing has appeared in Atticus Review, Gravel, The Molotov Cocktail, The Citron Review, Abstract Magazine, and Red Light Lit. She is working on a collection of short stories. Bleriana lives in Santa Cruz, California with her husband, daughter and dogs.