About the author

Armen Pogharian

<p>Unlike many authors, Armen was not an early reader.&#160; He can honestly say that he didn&#8217;t voluntarily read a book until he finished <em>The Hobbit</em> in sixth grade.&#160; After that reading became a vice as he ravenously devoured science fiction and fantasy stories.&#160; Taking a more practical approach to college, he earned a BS in Electrical Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where he was an Honorable-Mention All-American swimmer his senior year.</p><p>Commissioned as an officer in the USAF, he quickly found his way into systems development.&#160; After working on top secret &#8216;Area 51&#8217; projects, where he never saw a single alien (dead or alive), he left the service and earned an MBA from the University of North Carolina.&#160; He spent a decade riding the internet wave and moving through five different states.&#160; After the wave crashed his environmental interest led him to join a second generation bio-fuels company &#8211; making fuel out of wood chips, corn cobs, and other agricultural waste.&#160; A highlight was presenting ideas to jumpstart the industry to United States House and Senate staffers.</p><p>Looking for something new, he and his wife opened a group of franchised hair salons.&#160; In addition to grounding them in one place, he finally found time to write those stories that had been bouncing around in his head since high school.&#160; His stories mix elements of science and history with a healthy dose of fantasy.</p>