Lawrence Darmani is a Ghanaian novelist, poet, and publisher.^[1] His first novel, Grief Child, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize as best first book from Africa in 1992.^[2]

He also writes devotional articles for Our Daily Bread,^[3] which touches the lives of many Christians around the world. He fellowships with the Presbyterian Church of Ghana.

He is editor of Step magazine^[4] and CEO of Step Publishers. He is married and has two daughters. They live in Accra.^[5]

Selected works

• Grief Child, Lion Pub., 1991, ISBN 978-0-7459-1821-1; iAcademic Books, 2001, ISBN 978-1-58868-147-8
• Stories from Africa 4, African Christian Press, 1996, ISBN 978-9964-87-855-9
• Young and Restless: Challenges facing the youth of today, Asempa Publishers, 1999, ISBN 978-9964-78-250-4