Overview
Florand's current main interests are contemporary French language and culture and gastronomy. As a Fulbright Fellow, she also studied the ways language, dance, and literature were being used as part of a cultural renaissance in French Polynesia (Tahiti). She is an award-winning, international bestselling writer of a memoir and multiple novels set in France. Recently, NPR selected her fiction for their list of the Top 100 Romances, a list spanning a time period from Jane Austen to today. Translated into nine languages, her works have also been nominated for Reviewers Choice Best Book of the Year, received the RT Seal of Excellence, and multiple starred reviews from Library Journal and Publishers Weekly.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Senior Lecturer of Romance Studies
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2017 - Present
Romance Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Coordinator of the French Language Program
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2018 - Present
Romance Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Director of the French Language Program
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2022 - Present
Romance Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies
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2023 - Present
Romance Studies,
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Recent Publications
A Wish Upon Jasmine
Book · September 8, 2015 Certainly not her heart. Come explore the south of France, a world of heat and fragrance and tales as old as time, through the stories of the five powerful Rosier cousins and the women who win their hearts. ... CiteOnce Upon a Rose
Book · January 26, 2015 CiteShadowed Heart
Book · December 3, 2014 CiteRecent Grants
Teaching (for) sustainability in French
Institutional SupportCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by FACE Foundation · 2023 - 2025View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Duke University ·
2000
M.A.