Khash Tonekaboni is a transplanted Iranian, who writes under the pen name of Terry Pinaud. He has always been fascinated by fiction fiction that rubs elbows with the truth; fiction that encapsulates the strangeness of the real. He tries to delve into the psyche of the characters in order to portray the elegance and horrors of humanity we see all around us. Inspired by his love for storytelling, Terry Pinaud wrote his first short story at the age of eleven, and his first novel before he was eighteen. The love for writing and story-telling, combined with his belief in promoting a short story at the age of eleven, and his first novel before he was eighteen.

The love for writing and story-telling, combined with his belief in promoting a deeper understanding of human nature, has been the fodder for many of his current novels and many more to come. In his stories he tries to pit the narrow-minded against the compassionately pragmatic, the blindly fervent against the proponents of diversity. His stories range from the mysterious and mystical to the historical through which, he hopes to add a voice to equality and tolerance while entertaining his readers. Khashayar Tonekaboni is a retired clinical professor at the Indiana University School of Optometry.