Orhan's Inheritance (Ohanesian) - Author Bio

Author Bio
• Birth—N/A
• Where—Kuwait
• Rasied—Northridge, California, USA
• Education—M.A., University of California-Irvine
• Currently—lives in San Juan Capistrano, California


Aline Ohanesian's great-grandmother was a survivor of the Armenian Genocide. Her history was the kernel for the story that Ohanesian tells in her first novel, Ohanesian was a finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Fiction and Glimmer Train’s Short Story Award for New Writers.

Born Kuwait and raised in Northridge, California, she lives and writes in San Juan Capistrano, California, with her husband and two young sons. (From the publisher.)

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