David Armand is an American novelist. He has worked as a drywall hanger, a draftsman, and as a press operator in a flag printing factory. He now teaches at Southeastern Louisiana University

Southeastern Louisiana University

Southeastern Louisiana University is a state-funded public university in Hammond, Louisiana, United States. It was founded in 1925 by Linus A. Sims, the principal of Hammond High School, as Hammond Junior College, located in a wing of the high school building. Sims succeeded in getting the campus...

, where he also serves as assistant editor for Louisiana Literature. In 2003, he received the D Vickers Award for creative writing. His novel, The Pugilist's Wife

The Pugilist's Wife

The Pugilist's Wife is a novel written by American author David Armand. It employs a number of narrative styles, and is particularly influenced by the work of John Steinbeck, Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, and Cormac McCarthy. The Pugilist's Wife tells the story of Magdalene Tucker, a jilted...

, was named the winner of the 2010 George Garrett

George Garrett (poet)

George Palmer Garrett. was an American poet and novelist. He was the Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2002 to 2006. His novels include The Finished Man, Double Vision, and the Elizabethan Trilogy, composed of Death of the Fox, The Succession, and Entered from the Sun...

 Fiction Prize, and will be published fall 2011 by Texas Review Press, a member of the Texas A & M University Press Consortium.

External links

• http://www.shsu.edu/~www_trp/