Khechoyan was born in the village of Baraleti, Akhalkalaki district, Georgian SSR.

In 1983 he graduated from the Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute receiving an M.A.

[1] He started writing as a teenager, and his first collection of short stories, Trees of Incense, was published in 1991.

Khechoyan is the author of historical novel King Arshak and Eunuch Drastamat.

In 2013, he refused to accept the Medal for Services to the Homeland granted by President Serzh Sargsyan in protest against the socioeconomic and political situation in the country.