AUTHOR.
EDUCATOR.
STORYTELLER.
Aida Zilelian is a first generation American-Armenian writer, educator and storyteller from Queens, NY. She is the author of The Legacy of Lost Things (2015, Bleeding Heart Publications), recipient of the 2014 Tololyan Literary Award. Aida’s most recently completed novel, All the Ways We Lied, released in January 2024 (Keylight Books/Turner Bookstore). Her debut poetry chapbook Dissonance was the recipient of the 2024 Swan Scythe Press Poetry Chapbook Contest and is forthcoming in June 2025. She recently completed her short story collection Where There Can Be No Breath At All.
Read her full bio here.
BOOK RELEASE DATE: January 9th, 2024
AUTHOR.
EDUCATOR.
STORYTELLER.
Aida Zilelian is a first generation American-Armenian writer, educator and storyteller from Queens, NY. She is the author of The Legacy of Lost Things (2015, Bleeding Heart Publications), recipient of the 2014 Tololyan Literary Award. Aida’s most recently completed novel, All the Ways We Lied, released in January 2024 (Keylight Books/Turner Bookstore). Her debut poetry chapbook Dissonance was the recipient of the 2024 Swan Scythe Press Poetry Chapbook Contest and is forthcoming in June 2025. She recently completed her short story collection Where There Can Be No Breath At All.
Read her full bio here.
BOOK RELEASE DATE: January 9th, 2024