Armand received his undergraduate degree in literature from Claremont McKenna College and is a graduate of the Professional Program in Screenwriting at UCLA's School of Theater, Film and Television. His short fiction has appeared in Gothic.Net, Liquid Ohio, and Undercurrents, and he is currently at work on a novel. Armand is a member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and the Horror Writers Association. He lives in Los Angeles, California.