Narine Kroyan, PhD started her literary journey as an adult. Her first collection of short stories was published in 2010, and she has since been published in Garun and Narcis literary magazines and other prominent periodicals and anthologies. Kroyan is the author of five published books among them tales for children and short story collections. She has been awarded the Narcis award (2012) and Orange Armenia Book Prize (2011 and 2013). Kroyan lives in her hometown of Vanadzor and is a professor at Lori State Regional College. She is working on her first full-sized novel.