Leila Otadi 2014 under the title of 'In Heaven There is No Crow, Nor Scarecrow', which is a collection of poetry, in both Persian and English languages. In November 2010 it was reported that she was going to appear in a political movie to demonstrate how Neda Agha Soltan was killed on the streets of Tehran in 2009. Since this movie had been funded by the government of Iran her decision sparked a flood of negative emotions against her in Iran and abroad. This was followed by a successful attack on her Web site to replace her pictures with some photos of
Paula Slater Force Museum in Rome. Other of her prominent works include the monument honoring Steven Stayner in Merced, California, and sculptures of Sohrab Aarabi and Neda Agha-Soltan in San Francisco. Born in Fullerton, California, she obtained her Associate of Arts degree in Fine Art from the Orange Coast College in 1973. In 1976, she obtained her Bachelor of Arts, followed by her Master of Arts degree in 1988 from California State University and John F. Kennedy University, respectively. She is a member of the National Sculpture Society, the National Museum of Women in the Arts and the Portrait Society of America.