Mostafa Rahmandoust (or Rahmandoost) was born in 1950 in Hamedan, Iran. He is a poet, author, teacher and translator of children and young adults' literature. He has more than 160 of his book titles that have been published in 5.5 million copies. Some of his books have been translated into English, Chinese, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Russian, Swahili, Japanese and Swedish. He has devoted his life to improvement of children's' literature in Iran, and has had an active presence in most movements in relation to development of study and consciousness of children of Iran. Many of his book have been chosen as the best book of the year in Iran and he has received many international awards and… recognition as well.