Armond Kinard, born in Los Angeles, is an actor, writer and poet. He has done readings around Los Angeles, with performances in Hollywood, Watts, Santa Monica, Downtown L.A. and Boyle Heights. In January of 2012, he performed in a major Los Angeles poetry event, "Occupy This", which led to him being cast in a theatre production, "Occupy the Heart", produced by Miguel Garcia and Josefina Lopez. In 2014, he would join a writers group, which would connect him to new film director, Armin Siljkovic. Together they would work on three projects from 2015 to 2017, with one of them earning Armond his first best actor nomination for a short film titled, "Hard Money". Today, he continues to share poetry in Los Angeles and write scripts. Armond is also seeking investors for a feature film he wrote called, "L.A. Mayhem". In other news, his sensual poetry series "The Book of Sultry" is developing a growing international fan base on Vimeo.