
Awards & Honors
2008
Nominated for International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award: American Cookery
2003-2005
2002
BookSense ‘76 Choice, Educating Waverley
2001
American Library Association Notable Book of the Year, Delinquent Virgin
2000
BookSense ’76 Choice, Delinquent Virgin
1999
A Best Book of the Year, Library Journal, Delinquent Virgin
1996
The Best of The Iowa Review: 25 Years, “The Battle of Manila,” Dark Continent
1992
Book of the Year, London Observer, Graced Land
1992
Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award, Graced Land
1990
1990
Pushcart Prize “The Battle of Manila,” Dark Continent
1990
The Iowa Review, Subscribers’ Award, “Battle of Manila,” Dark Continent
1990
Pacific Northwest Booksellers’ Award, Dark Continent
1989
Anahid Literary Award from the Armenian Center, Columbia University, (First such award for an American writer of Armenian descent)
1987
PEN, West, Best Short Fiction, Fair Augusto
1987
Ms. Magazine, Top Reading Choices, Fair Augusto