Pardis Aliakbarkhani is a writer, poet, and artist currently living in Toronto, Ontario. Aliakbarkhani has been flexing her creative muscles from an early age, whether she was making her own cut-and-dry pasta paintings or writing a short story about misunderstood ghouls. She is an avid lover of the great outdoors, and her appreciation for both nature and art has inspired some of her most powerful work. A Drink of the Caspian is her first published collection of poetry.