Armand, Glenda

GLENDA ARMAND is a former elementary and middle school teacher who currently serves as a teacher librarian at a middle school in Los Angeles, California. She loves reading about history and is passionate about sharing the stories of enslaved African Americans, "acknowledging the humanity and indomitable spirit of people who kept their souls and their voices, even in the worst of circumstances." Love Twelve Miles Long, a Lee & Low New Voices Award winner, is her first book.