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Michael Thomas Ford is the author of more than fifty books in genres ranging from humor to horror, literary fiction to nonfiction.
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Winter's Tale, Perdido Street Station, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Cannery Row, Moominvalley in November, City of Thieves, The Summer Book, A Winter Book, The Once and Future King, The Member of the Wedding, Complete Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor

Shirley Jackson, Mark Helprin, Scott Heim, Flannery O'Connor, Alex Jeffers, Carson McCullers, Truman Capote, Kemble Scott, John Steinbeck, Tove Jansson, T.H. White, Douglas Clegg, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Joyce Carol Oates, China Mieville, Michael Lowenthal, Dan Simmons, Gregory Maguire, Susanna Clarke, Ali Liebegott

The Sower (Kemble Scott), The Garden of Last Days (Andre Dubus III), The City & The City (China Mieville)

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Thank You Note
October 7, 2009
- Note: This piece was written 10 years ago. I now have a lovely agent who, although he never sends me anything at Christmas, has sold a lot of books for me and is one of my dearest friends. But I think a lot of us feel this way from time to time.This morning I had some tea. It was some kind of mixed berry tea, herbal because caffeine does weird things to me that makes me think I probably ...
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We Now Return You to Your Regularly Scheduled Programming
September 11, 2009
- I know. It's been a long time. I've been working on the new books. And I should be working on them right now, except:1. I don't want to, and2. I have to bitch about somethingBut first let's talk about Jane Bites Back. It's all done and now I'm just enduring the wait until it's released on December 29. This is always a strange time, particularly if you've moved on to other projects. The book ...
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Under Cover
July 16, 2009
- I know, it's been a while. That's what happens when I have a book due and can't seem to get it done. My poor editor has been very kind about the ongoing delays, but that only makes me feel more guilty. I swore I'd have the book done by the time I leave for Alaska on Saturday--but I won't. Life has intervened with one stupid little thing after another. My drysuit (I'm going to Alaska to go scuba ...
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