Of Armenian origin, Peggy Hinaekian was born and raised in Cairo. Known around the globe as an artist and now an author. Peggy owes her love of books to her paternal grandfather who owned the largest private library in Egypt and she was introduced to books in three languages (English, French and Armenian) at a very young age. Peggy grew up in a cosmopolitan environment and was an avid reader and kept a diary since age ten.

Her first book, an erotic romance novel—“Of Julia and Men”— appeared in the New York Times Book Review Magazine. Peggy designed the cover illustration and the 26 interior images. Since she is an internationally recognized artist, she lives and works in the United States and Switzerland where she exhibits her paintings regularly and has released two new literary works titled "Collection of Short Stories and Essays "Of Humans and Animals" in Nov. 2020 and her fascinating life story in "The Girl from Cairo" late Fall 2020. 

In 2020, Peggy’s life as an author and as an artist was featured on “Living Your Dreams” (Mara Brown) airing on Los Angeles TV.  During that same year, she won an award from The Writer’s Workshop in Asheville, N.C. for a 5000-word memoir, describing her life in Egypt in the 1940s and 1950s.

Her books can be purchased from her website, Barnes & Noble, and many fine online book stores. She is married, raised three beautiful grown sons, and she resides with her husband part-time in Florida and California.