David Armand (author)

David Armand (born 1980) is an American writer of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. He has published five novels, The Pugilist's Wife, Harlow, The Gorge, The Lord's Acre, and Walk the Night. He has also published four collections of poems, The Deep Woods, Debt, The Evangelist, and Poverty, as well as a memoir titled My Mother's House. From 2017-2019, he served as Writer-in-Residence at Southeastern Louisiana University,^[1] where he is currently Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing. His collection of essays, Mirrors, was published by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press in 2023 and his memoir on the craft of writing, The Roads We Travel was also published by the University of Louisiana at Lafayette Press. Armand is also the 2022 recipient of the Louisiana Writer Award,^[2] presented annually by the Louisiana Center for the Book in the State Library of Louisiana. He is the twenty-third recipient of the prestigious award presented to recognize outstanding contributions to Louisiana’s literary and intellectual life exemplified by a contemporary Louisiana writer’s body of work.