Mahtob Mahmoody is one of the most popular and richest Writer who was born on September 4, 1979 in Houston, Texas, United States. Mahtob was the daughter of Betty and Sayyed Bozorg Mahmoody, who were born in Houston, Texas on September 4, 1978. Her Persian name for her first name is “Moonlight”. Her father named her after a full moon. Through Betty’s first marriage Mahtob has two halfbrothers, Joe and John. They are 13 and 9 years respectively older than Mahtob. Mahtob was raised in Texas by her parents before moving to Michigan. She was born in Alpena, Michigan.
Mahtob’s memoir, My Name Is Mahtob, was published in 2015. Although it is Mahtob’s family story, My Name Is Mahtob was considered a sequel for her mother’s book Not Without My Daughter.
Moody, an Iranian citizen of birth, legally held full custody of Mahtob. Betty worried that Mahtob might learn anti-American sentiments at school. Mahtob claimed that her father would beat her mother and her. Mahtob and her mother managed escape Iran after 18 months by crossing the mountains to Turkey. They made it to America and Mahtob never saw her dad again. Mahtob, six years after Moody’s 2009 death, has confirmed that her forgiveness for her father’s actions has been granted.
