Dr. Haleh Massey is a licensed clinical psychologist and
marriage and family therapist and shares a private practice in the suburbs of
Los Angeles with her husband/BFF/therapist/screenwriter Christopher DeNoyer Massey. In an effort to promote
herself on social media without having her clients find her, Dr. Massey shadows
as Dr. Wood E. Woodchuck, Ph.D, LRAT, LMNOP, a dapper school psychologist, and rodent, at
Rodentia Elementary School in Rodentia, USA.
In addition to marrying her husband/BFF and having two
beautiful children, Dr. Massey’s lifelong dream has been: 1) to have an
unlimited supply of turkey sandwiches and, 2) become a published children’s
book author. While she’s still working on the first dream (any/all deli
partnership inquiries welcome), her debut middle grade graphic novel, Say
Something, Poupeh Babaee! illustrated by Ghazal Qadri (Little Bee Books) made American Library Association's 2025 Best Graphic Novels for Children Reading List and the New York Public Library's Best Books of 2025. Her most recent middle grade novel, My Name Is Harriet Mansoor (NOT Hairy Man Suit!) illustrated by Rashin Kheiriyeh (Tu Books), received favorable reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and School Library Journal. Its sequel, My name is Hangameh (NOT Harriet) Mansoor! (Tu Books), will be released in Spring 2027.
