Genetically a bookworm. Will crawl through anything in print. Closet poet as a teen. Highly influenced by Armenian and English literature, a dose of French and translated writings. Vivid imagination. Left and right brain in balance, i.e. loves reconciling checkbooks and creative occupations like designing a dress, writing . . .  Non-fiction oriented, with a sprinkle of humor and a dash of wisdom acquired with age.

"Writing is a compulsive hobby with me, as much as reading has been. Thoughts flash through my mind at the most inopportune times, for example  when I am driving, or praying at church. My writing style is to pour out the muses from my subconscious on the screen, edit them later when my logic takes over. I keep my internal auditor at bay, lest it interfere with my genuine feelings.

My greatest achievement was penning my book, The Immigrants' Daughter, published by Booklocker.com. It is a compendium of memoirs about growing up in Egypt, in a community traumatized by genocide during and after World War I. Sprinkled with humor, it is a story of coming of age, during World War II, trying to find the smothered self underneath layers of cultures,  traditions, fears and realities.  It depicts struggles with imposed behavior versus self-determination, as experienced universally by the progeny of immigrant families, in the process of growing up with old and new values."

The Immigrants' daughter won the Best Books 2006 Award in the Multicultural Non-Fiction category (www.USABookNews.com) and placed finalist in the 2007 National Indie Excellence Book Awards contest (www.pubinsider.com/indieresults.html). My highest satisfaction, however, derives from positive feedback by fans for whom the book has made a difference.

For further information visit  Amazon.com and/or my website at http://www.maryterzian.com