Role: Author

Laura Kalpakian has received a National Endowment of the Arts, a Pushcart Prize, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award, and the first Anahid Literary Award for an American Writer of Armenian descent. Her novels include Steps and Exes, Graced Land, Caveat, and These Latter Days. Her short fiction has been gathered in three collections, including Fair Augusto, which won the PEN/West Award for Best Short Fiction. She lives in Washington State with her two sons.

Lawrence Terzian is the author of several books that reflect his varied interests – literary history, art, education, biography. Lawrence Terzian has won recognition in inter-related careers that have envompassed publishing, editing, university administration, and teaching. In 1954 he created Industrial Design, the international professional magazine.