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ARMEN AYVAZYAN holds doctoral degrees in History and Political Science. He is the author of many articles and books, including "Mother Tongue and the Origins of Nationalism: A Comparative Study of the Armenian and European Primary Sources"; "The Code of Honor of the Armenian Military, 4-5th centuries"; "The Armenian Rebellion of the 1720s and the Threat of Genocidal Reprisal. Dr. Ayvazyan was a Carnegie Corporation of New York/IREX fellow at Syracuse University, New York; a Visiting Senior Fulbright Scholar at Stanford University; and a Visiting Alexander S. Onassis Foundation Fellow at ELIAMEP, Hellenic Foundation for European and Foreign Policy, Athens.

Areen Armenian was born in Bahrein on April 13, 1978, and begun writing when she was eight. She started her primary education in Beirut at the Jemaran Armenian School. She moved to Baltimore with her family in 1986. Areen was presented with the "Outstanding Student" achievement award at the Ridgely Middle School. Diagnosed with leukemia in 1988, she died of its complications on October 11, 1993.\

Areg Allen Sarkissian was born in in Glendale, California. He received his Bachelor of Arts degrees in Political Science and Middle Eastern Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. He obtained his JD from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School of Western Michigan University and a certification in Litigation.Sarkissian works as a litigation attorney in Los Angeles, California.

Arek Yapoudjian is from Sydney, Australia. His articles on sports, in both English and Armenian, have appeared in a number of newspapers and magazines including Arev (Egypt), Zartonk (Lebanon), Nor Or (USA), Abaka (Canada), Mioutune (Australia) and others. Arek's name is listed in the Dictionary of Armenian Pseudonyms published in 2005 by Yerevan State University in Armenia. He was an Olympic Volunteer at the Sydney 2000 Games.

Aris Janigian, a second generation Armenian American, was born in Fresno, California. He is a professor of humanities at the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles and he returns to the Fresno area annually to work as a grape packer and shipper. He is, with April Greiman, author of Something from Nothing. He is currently working on a third book.