Virginia Gavian Rivers worked as a journalist, editor and internal publications manager for a major bank in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before retiring to write this book. Her rese...view moreVirginia Gavian Rivers worked as a journalist, editor and internal publications manager for a major bank in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, before retiring to write this book. Her research took her to eastern Turkey and later to the Republic of Armenia. Her youngest grandson, Garen, was adopted from Yerevan, the capital of Armenia.view less