WRITER.
EDUCATOR.
PUBLIC SPEAKER.
Aida Zilelian is a first-generation American-Armenian writer, educator and public speaker, storyteller. She is the author of novels THE LEGACY OF LOST THINGS (winner of the Tololyan Prize) and ALL THE WAYS WE LIED. Aida has told stories across the country, on PBS’ televised Stories from the Stage, Confabulations, Suitcase Stories and other storytelling platforms. She was a storyteller in residence with Keepsake House in 2025. Aida is the co-producer and co-host of the first Armenian storytelling show in NYC, The Armenian Power Hour , in collaboration with storyteller and comedian Anoush Froundjian. In 2025, she was a speaker coach for TEDx Cabarete. Aida’s debut poetry chapbook DISSONANCE won the Swan Scythe contest in 2025, which was recently featured in Markaz Review. Her first TEDx talk with TEDx Cabarete was released this spring.
Read her full bio here.
Order link for DISSONANCE: https://www.swanscythepress.com/books/dissonance.html
WRITER.
EDUCATOR.
PUBLIC SPEAKER.
Aida Zilelian is a first-generation American-Armenian writer, educator and public speaker, storyteller. She is the author of novels THE LEGACY OF LOST THINGS (winner of the Tololyan Prize) and ALL THE WAYS WE LIED. Aida has told stories across the country, on PBS’ televised Stories from the Stage, Confabulations, Suitcase Stories and other storytelling platforms. She was a storyteller in residence with Keepsake House in 2025. Aida is the co-producer and co-host of the first Armenian storytelling show in NYC, The Armenian Power Hour , in collaboration with storyteller and comedian Anoush Froundjian. In 2025, she was a speaker coach for TEDx Cabarete. Aida’s debut poetry chapbook DISSONANCE won the Swan Scythe contest in 2025, which was recently featured in Markaz Review. Her first TEDx talk with TEDx Cabarete was released this spring.
Read her full bio here.
Order link for DISSONANCE: https://www.swanscythepress.com/books/dissonance.html