About the Author

Terence O’Donnell was born in Portland, Oregon in 1924. In addition to farming during his years in Iran, he received three Fulbright lectureships at Iranian universities. In 1972 he returned to Portland and became active in the Oregon Historical Society. He is the author of several books about Oregon.

Mage published his memoir Garden of the Brave in War: Recollections of Iran and Seven Shades of Memory, a collection of short fiction about Iran. Terence O’Donnell died in March 2001.