Aida Zilelian is a first generation American-Armenian writer, educator and storyteller from Queens, NY. She is the author The Legacy of Lost Things (2015, Bleeding Heart Publications) which was the recipient of the 2014 Tololyan Literary Award. Her most recent novel All the Ways We Lied, follows an Armenian family of three sisters and an indomitable mother, as they struggle with each other in face of tragedy. Aida has been featured in the Huffington Post, NPR’s Takeaway, Poets & Writers, Kirkus Reviews, among other reading series and print outlets. Her short story collection These Hills Were Meant for You was shortlisted for 2018 Katherine Anne Porter Prize in Short Fiction. She is currently completing her short story collection Where There Can Be No Breath At All.