Farieh . . . a brilliant Iranian student begins her sophomore year in college. The academic success so dazzling her first year proves uneven in the second, while violence and betrayal stalk her most intimate relationships. Gifted with enormous personal power, she must summon all of it to make the hard choices facing her, choices familiar to young people everywhere.
Farieh Bukhari is the central character in Bill Sampson’s riveting new novel. Farieh is an international student at the University of Kansas from Iran, and she is both beautiful and brilliant. She had left Iran because it had become a theocratic nightmare. Once at KU as an honors student, she encounters a fascinating array of fellow students and faculty, and as an activist, she establishes herself as a leader in the struggle for diversity, not only on campus, but throughout Kansas. Creatively imagined and beautifully written, Bill Sampson’s novel, Farieh, is fiction at its very best.
-- Bill Tuttle, Professor Emeritus of American Studies at the University of Kansas and the author of several books, including Daddy’s Gone to War: The Second World War in the Lives of America’s Children and Race Riot: Chicago in the Red Summer of 1919
“Bill Sampson’s compelling second novel, Farieh, follows the inspiring journey of a brilliant Iranian student as she navigates the complexities of America’s collegiate heartland, leading to a quest of self-discovery while attempting to make a difference in the lives of her fellow students. Highly recommend!
-- Thomas L. Carmody, President, Prairie Fire Entertainment
Meet The Author
Bill Sampson received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Kansas before serving four years active duty as a Navy Judge Advocate.
Returning to the Midwest, he enjoyed a successful career in the courtroom, achieving partnership at two prestigious law firms. He shared his skills in the classroom as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Kansas School of Law and a Seminar Instructor in the KU Honors Program.
Bill retired from the legal profession in December of 2021. He lives in Lawrence with his wife, Dru. Their three children and seven grandchildren live in Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Moscow, Idaho. Farieh, his second novel, follows Wheat Fields, published in 2023.