Her debut novel, The Kaleidoscope of Destiny, to be released in August 2026, about a 14-year-old Armenian boy, named Arakel, caught up in the genocide 100 years ago, has already won several awards:
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- Honorable Mention, 2014 Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition of the National League of American Pen Women in the Novel Excerpt category. Here’s a reading at the awards ceremony in San Francisco on March 29, 2015.
- 2015 Ruth Landers Glass Scholarship from the New England Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators (NESCBWI), based on this manuscript; and
- 2015 Literature Artist Fellowship from the Somerville Arts Council, based primarily on this manuscript. Click on this link for an article about the slide presentation, set to music, “Remembering 1915: The 100-Year Commemoration of the Armenian Genocide,” on May 28, 2015, and a reading from the manuscript. https://app.box.com/s/6sukzg1u6hd0pgxt8f40atva8zq60p01.