Germinal G. Van

Germinal G. Van is an Ivorian-American award-winning author, economist, political scientist, and scholar. He was born in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. He immigrated to the United States in 2010. He obtained a bachelor’s degree in political science from the Catholic University of America in 2014 in political science, and earned a master’s degree in political management from George Washington University in 2017. He has published more than thirty books in economics, politics, history, and biography.

He is a two-time winner of the Best Indie Book Award in History and Biography, (2021 & 2024); winner of the NYC Big Book Award in U.S. History, (2026) and the Finalist of the National Indie Excellence Award in U.S. History. (2022 & 2026).

Mr. Van is the Founder and owner of GGV Publishing Company, LLC, an independent publishing company that specializes in the publication of fiction, non-fiction, and academic books.