Aty S. Behsam (she/her)

Aty is an Iranian writer, artist, translator, TEDx speaker, and a full-time writing mentor and teacher. She graduated in English Translation BA, and has been teaching writing and art for the past ten years, mentoring writers, story coaching, and judging in writing competitions. Aty introduced the first English Novel Writing classes in Iran, and is currently teaching the international standards of writing in her country. Aty is working on the upcoming manga DARYAN, the novel DIME A DOZEN, and the comic WHITE SATIN. Aty is the director and producer of one of Iran’s most popular podcasts, Yuri On RADIO. She has published short stories in the UK, and was a mentee with her novel Coup De Grâce.

Aty has worked as an editorial assistant, cover artist, and art director in the US and the UK. She works as a full-time writing mentor and teacher, mentoring writers, story coaching, and judging in writing competitions. She was a Pitch Wars mentor 2018-2021.

“I’ve been a writing mentor for years. I enjoy helping writers achieve their goals, and I particularly love mentoring writers whose voices need to be heard.”