Bestselling author Chris Bohjalian will discuss his eagerly awaited 15th book, "The Sandcastle Girls", an epic novel set against the backdrop of the Armenian Genocide, on Thursday, July 26 at the Armenian Library and Museum of America (ALMA).

The author of 14 books, most of them taking place in his native New England, Bohjalian has now written a novel whose narrative shifts between Aleppo, Syria, in 1915, and Bronxville, New York, in 2012. Described as a sweeping historical love story steeped in the author's Armenian heritage, "The Sandcastle Girls" is the author's most personal novel to date.

Bohjalian will also show pictures from his recent trip to Armenia during the program.