Nancy Kricorian

Nancy Kricorian was raised in Watertown, Massachusetts, which has had a large Armenian community since the 1920s. She is the author of the novels Zabelle and Dreams of Bread and Fire, is a widely published poet, essayist, and activist. After graduating from Dartmouth, Nancy studied and worked in Paris before earning an MFA in writing at Columbia University. She currently lives in New York City with her husband, James Schamus, and their two daughters.