Jeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955 in West Islip, New York) is an American writer in the Fantastic genre tradition, although his works have been described as spanning both Fantasy and Science Fiction. His work is characterized by a sweeping imaginative power, humor, literary allusion, and a fascination with tales told within tales. He is a graduate of the State University of New York at Binghamton, where he studied with the novelist John Gardner. November 8 is the 312th day of the year (313th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 53 days remaining. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... West Islip is a census-designated place (CDP) located is in southwest part of the Town of Islip, Suffolk County, New York. ... The Fantastic is a literary genre of writing or art which intrudes fantasy elements into a story (or picture) that is basically representational or real-feeling. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... Binghamton University Binghamton University, also known as the State University of New York at Binghamton, is a public university located in the Binghamton, New York, USA area. ... John Champlin Gardner, Jr. ...

He lives in southern New Jersey and teaches writing and literature at Brookdale Community College in Monmouth County. He has also taught at the summer Clarion Workshop for science fiction and fantasy writers in Michigan. He has contributed stories, essays and interviews to various magazines and e-magazines including MSS, Puerto Del Sol, Northwest Review, Hayden's Ferry Review, Argosy, Event Horizon, Infinity Plus, Black Gate and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Official language(s) None defined, English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 47th 22,608 km² 110 km 240 km 14. ... Brookdale Community College is an accredited, co-educational, two-year public college in Lincroft, Monmouth County, New Jersey. ... Monmouth County is a county located in the state of New Jersey. ... Clarion is a six-week workshop for new and aspiring science fiction writers founded by Damon Knight and Kate Wilhelm. ... Argosy Magazine is an American pulp magazine. ... Black Gate, vol 1, issue 2 Black Gate is a glossy, quarterly science fiction and fantasy magazine founded in 2000 and published by New Epoch Press. ... F&SF April 1971, special Poul Anderson issue. ...

He published his first story, "The Casket", in Gardner's literary magazine MSS in 1981 and his first full-length novel, Vanitas, in 1988.

His stories and novels have been nominated multiple times for the World Fantasy Award, the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the International Horror Guild Award, the Fountain Award, the Edgar Allan Poe Award. He has been the recipient of three World Fantasy Awards, for his second novel The Physiognomy, the short story collection The Fantasy Writer's Assistant, and his short story "Creation." In 2004, he won a Nebula Award for his novellette "The Empire of Ice Cream". "Exo-Skeleton Town" won the Grand Prix l'Imaginaire for best translated story in 2005. "The Annals of Eelin-Ok" won The Fountain Award (for excellence in the short story) also in 2005. The Girl in the Glass was nominated for a 2005 Edgar Allan Poe Award in the Best Paperback Original category. First awarded in 1975, the World Fantasy Awards are handed out annually at the World Fantasy Convention (WFC) to recognize outstanding achievement in the field of fantasy. ... The Hugo Award is given every year for the best science fiction or fantasy stories of the previous year, and for related areas in fandom, art and dramatic presentation. ... The Nebula is an award given each year by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA), for the best science fiction/fantasy fiction published in the United States during the two previous years. ... The Theodore Sturgeon Award is given each year for the best science fiction short story of the year. ... The Edgar Allen Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. ...

Bibliography

• Vanitas (1988)
• The Well-Built City Trilogy
  • The Physiognomy (1997, winner of the 1998 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel)
  • Memoranda (1999)
  • The Beyond
• The Portrait of Mrs. Charbuque (2002)
• The Fantasy Writer's Assistant & Other Stories (collection, 2002)
• The Cosmology of the Wider World (novella, 2005)
• The Girl in the Glass (2005)
• The Empire of Ice Cream (collection, 2006) (the title-story was the winner of the 2003 Nebula for the best novelette)

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External links

• Jeffrey Ford's official site
• Jeffrey Ford at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database

The Internet Speculative Fiction Database is a database of bibliographic information on science fiction and related genres such as fantasy fiction and horror fiction. ...

Interviews

• Interview conducted by Jay Tomio for Fantasybookspot.com