Reza Niknam

Reza Niknam is a publisher and director of Vida, Kenar and Karen publishing houses. He studied clinical psychology and began working in publishing in the mid-1990s. Under his management, Vida has specialised in children's and young adult literature and the horror, fantasy and science-fiction genres. Kenar and Karen also emphasise acquiring publishing rights, translation quality and professional book production.

He is also involved in Hima, a collaborative book-review and recommendation project with critics and publishing professionals. In FUSE 18, Niknam discusses publishing in Iran, censorship, copyright, production quality and changing audience behaviour.