Terrence Ward

Terrence Ward is a writer, documentary producer, and cultural consultant who has worked in the Middle East and the United States. He also participated in humanitarian missions for the Open Society to Burma and the United Nations in East Timor. His first book, Searching for Hassan: A Journey to the Heart of Iran (2003), has become a cult classic in America, a best seller in Iran, and is being developed as the first American Iranian coproduction for a feature film to be shot in Iran since the Revolution. His book The Guardian of Mercy (2016), is a moving narrative that interweaves Caravaggio’s life story with those of people in contemporary Naples whose lives are transformed by the power of art—and mercy. Ward and his wife, Idanna Pucci, are International Trustees of the World Conference of Religions for Peace—the world’s largest interfaith organization.