Emilia Ares is an Armenian-American film and television actress, producer, and author. Her award-winning debut contemporary fiction novel, Love and Other Sins, encompasses complex family dynamics, immigration, the aftermath of trauma and the thrum of first love. In 2024, Ares released her critically acclaimed sophomore novel, Love and Other Cages. Kirkus called it “a heart-wrenching thriller with multiple twists that will keep readers hooked until the final page.” Love and Other Cages appeared in Publisher's Weekly's 50th-anniversary edition where BookLife called it “a sprawling romantic thriller… Tense, surprising, and powered by grand surges of feeling. Ares brings real power and fear.” (Via Wikipedia)