David Chartrand

DAVID V. CHARTRAND

DAVID CHARTRAND ("VIEW FROM THE HEARTLAND") IS NOT -- AND HAS NO CONNECTION TO -- THE OTHER DAVID CHARTRAND AUTHOR WHO WRITES EROTICA.

The humor and commentary of David Chartrand have appeared in publications throughout North America. His essays on families, children, education, and health issues are distributed to daily newspapers by Universal Press Syndicate as well as by his own distribution company.

His Web site is www.davidchartrand.com. Email him at dvc@davidchartrand.com or davchart@mac.com

David is the author of, "A View from the Heartland" (2003, Globe-Pequot Press), a collection of stories and essays about midwestern families and the resiliency of the human spirit.

He currently is completing work on a work of narrative nonfiction that examines attitudes toward mental illness in successful, middle-class communities.

In 2002, David received a First Place Award from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. He is a member of the national Freedom of Information Committee of the Society of Professional Journalists.

Mark Victor Hansen, co-creator of the CHICKEN SOUP FOR THE SOUL book series, says that David Chartrand's writing "embraces the mundane, everyday things that make us laugh, weep or pound the table in frustration."

David's 1994 essay, "A Father's Letter to Santa" was included in CHICKEN SOUP: A CHRISTMAS TREASURY, where the publishers cited it as among the most memorable Christmas essays of all time.