Sylva Kelegian – författare

When eight-year-old Saroya loses her mother, her usually absent father takes her on a cruise for her birthday, which he forgets to celebrate.

Devastated and very seasick, Saroya falls off the ship while trying to catch a locket that once belonged to her mother. She is rescued by a dolphin, who takes her to the magical Animia Island, where she meets Josephine, a stuffed puppet; her son, Little Joe; Calista the conch; Jonbl the baseball glove; and Spoon.

They, among others, were all unwanted and have come to life. Through her new friends, Saroya learns she is not alone—and that where there is life, there is love.

Finalist for the 2015 Beverly Hills Book Award2015 Gold Medal winner at Dan Poynter’s Global Ebook Awards

When newlywed actress Sylva Kelegian shows up at a Manhattan veterinary clinic to walk a rescue dog, a strawberry-blonde puppy stumbles down the stairs and into her heart—opening it to the plight of hurt and abandoned dogs everywhere. After a move to Los Angeles with her actor husband, Sylva finds her marriage and burgeoning career challenged by the dramas of good and evil, darkness and light, played out every day in the streets, backyards, and homes of rich and poor pet owners alike.

God Spelled Backwards traces Sylva’s journey from reluctant New York dog adopter to passionate animal rescuer in Hollywood and shows us what one determined woman can accomplish in pursuit of the hope that, one day, man’s best friend will be treated as such.