Gini Alhadeff grew up in Egypt, the Sudan, Italy, and Japan. She studied fine art and photography at Harrow in England and at Pratt Institute in New York. She has worked as a translator, founded two literary reviews, "Normal" and "XXIst Century," and is a contributing editor for "Travel + Leisure." Alhadeff is the author of a novel, "Diary of a Djinn." She lives in New York City.