Farzana Marie

Farzana Marie (born in 1983) is the pen name of Felisa Hervey, an American poet, author, and former United States Air Force officer.

Early life Hervey was born in California to Episcopal Church missionary parents, Debbie and John Hervey. Felisa and her five siblings lived with their parents in Chile and Kazakhstan before returning to their native California After graduation and joining the US Air Force, she spent two years working in Kabul where her fluency in Dari enabled community relations work. She worked as an editor and translator, using the pen name Farzana Marie.

Selected books

Load Poems Like Guns: Women’s Poetry from Herat, Afghanistan, Holy Cow! Press (editor and translator) Letters to War and Lethe (author) Hearts for Sale! A Buyer’s Guide to Winning in Afghanistan, Worldwide Writings 2013, (author)