Rusul Altaay was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. She came to the United States with her family in 2008. She graduated with a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State Un...view moreRusul Altaay was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq. She came to the United States with her family in 2008. She graduated with a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from North Carolina State University. She currently works as a systems’ engineer in defense and aerospace while working on her master degree in Electric Power Systems Engineering.She writes fictional and non-fictional. Her first novel, National Exile, was released on January 2015.view less