Dr. Safieh Laaly is an Iranian American novelist, poet, adjunct professor, and landscape architect based in Maryland, USA. Raised in a traditional family and educated in Fine Arts, Landscape Architecture, and Engineering, her creative work reflects a lifelong engagement with creativity, devotion, and discipline.Drawing from extensive travels across diverse cultures and landscapes, her writing explores faith, family, and community as enduring sources of meaning that transcend the visible world. Through the Guiding Love series, she offers her commitment to mentorship and multi-generational storytelling, inviting seekers of all ages to reflect on love and sorrow, resilience and hope, and the sacred ties that sustain humanity through its darkest trials.