Serdar Özkan

He attended middle and high school at Robert College in Istanbul. He completed his university education in the USA where he earned his BA in Business Administration and Psychology at Lehigh University. Serdar Özkan has been a full-time novelist since 2002, dedicated to writing novels that unravel the deeper meaning of life's journey.

His debut novel, The Missing Rose, has been published in 44 languages in over 50 countries worldwide. Greatly cherished by readers from different cultures throughout the world from Canada to Japan, and from Brazil to China, The Missing Rose has entered bestseller lists in many countries.

Staying on bestseller lists at No.1 for weeks in Turkey, The Missing Rose remained on the lists for 84 weeks and became the mos

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