Shusha Guppy was a writer, singer and songwriter. Among her musical albums are Persian Love Songs and Mystic Chants. Her books include The Blindfold Horse: memories of a Persian childhood (1984), A Girl in Paris (1991) and Three Journeys in the Levant (2001).

Shusha Guppy died in London on 21 March 2008. 

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