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Laura Florand

Senior Lecturer of Romance Studies
Romance Studies
Box 90257, Durham, NC 27708-0257
Box 90257, Durham, NC 27710

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 · 2017 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Coordinator of the French Language Program · 2018 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Assistant Director of the French Language Program · 2022 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies · 2023 - Present Romance Studies, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In the News


Published May 23, 2023
It All Connects to Climate
Published February 10, 2015
Publishing Romance: Notes on a Thriving Genre
Published October 21, 2014
You Don't Know Romance Novels

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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. ... Cite

Once Upon a Rose

Book · January 26, 2015 Cite

Shadowed Heart

Book · December 3, 2014 Cite
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Recent Grants


Teaching (for) sustainability in French

Institutional SupportCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by FACE Foundation · 2023 - 2025

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Education, Training & Certifications


Duke University · 2000 M.A.

External Links


www.lauraflorand.com