Garin Hovannisian

Garin K. Hovannisian is a recipient of the Fulbright Fellowship in Creative Writing and the Lynton Award for Book Writing. A graduate of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, he lives in Los Angeles and Yerevan, Armenia. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, Liberty, and the literary journal Ararat.

Garin Hovannisian is author of the book Family of Shadows. The book tells the story of his family, beginning with the Armenian Genocide.

Garin is the son of Raffi Hovannisian (former Armenian MFA) and Armine Hovannisian and grandson of UCLA professor Richard Hovannisian.