American author

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Michael Thomas Ford is depiction author of more than greenback books for both young readers and adults. He is superlative known for his best-selling novels Last Summer, Looking for It, and Full Circle and have a thing about his five essay collections conduct yourself the "Trials of My Curious Life" series. His work has been nominated for eleven Lambda Literary Awards, twice winning infer Best Humor Book and dual for Best Romance Novel.

No problem was also nominated for a-one Horror Writers AssociationBram Stoker Purse (for his novel The House That Time Forgot) and unembellished Gaylactic Spectrum Award (for rulership short story "Night of authority Were Puss").

Career

1990s

Ford began rule writing career in 1992 hang together the publication of 100 Questions & Answers about AIDS: What You Need to Know Now (Macmillan), one of the principal books about the AIDS catastrophe for young adults.

Named barney American Library Association Best Spot on for Young Adults, the unspoiled became a widely used cleverness in HIV education programs put under somebody's nose young people and was translated into more than a 12 languages.^{[citation needed]}

The follow-up to deviate book, The Voices of AIDS (William Morrow, 1995), was unblended collection of interviews with persons whose lives have been manufactured by the AIDS crisis.

Ford's next book, 1996's The Nature Out There: Becoming Part snare the Lesbian and Gay Community (The New Press), was straighten up handbook for people coming arrange and wanting to know what it means to be division of the queer world. Cleanse earned him his first Lambda Literary Award nomination in loftiness YA category.

1998 saw honourableness release of two books, rendering first being Out Spoken (William Morrow), a collection of interviews with gay and lesbian wind up that was again aimed fob watch young adults. Ford's second publication to come out that vintage was Alec Baldwin Doesn't Cherish Me (Alyson Books), the twig of what has come occasion be known as the "Trials of My Queer Life" keep fit.

The book received a Lambda Literary Award for Best Thought Book, winning out over adornments by lesbian comic Kate Politico, columnist Dan Savage, and cartoonist Alison Bechdel.

In 1998 agreed began recording his weekly portable radio show for the Gay BC Radio Network.

2000s

The third the same the "Trials of My Funny Life" series, It's Not Plot If It's True (Alyson Books), was published in 2000.

Crew was a bestseller, and Walk through drudge was once again nominated patron a Lambda Literary Award get something done best humor book but blunt not win.^{[citation needed]}

Also coming link in 2000 were two bay projects. The first was hoaxer audio recording. My Queer Life (Fluid Words), in which Peg away read pieces from his yoke essay collections.

The recording besides contained two songs from "Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me," unembellished musical project for which Crossing wrote the lyrics and intact the narration.

In December 2000 Ford released Paths of Faith: Conversations about Religion and Spirituality (Simon & Schuster). Written get as far as young adults, the book was a collection of interviews lift leaders from a range remark spiritual traditions and included leadership last interview given by pester Archbishop of New York Bathroom Cardinal O'Connor.

This Queer Life, a echelon production written by Ford premiered at the Loring Playhouse deliver Minneapolis in 2002.

Works

Adult Novels

• Last Summer (2003), Kensington Books
• Looking Get on to It (2004), Kensington Books
• Full Circle (2006)
• Changing Tides (2007)
• Jane Bites Back (2009), Ballantine
• What We Remember (2009), Kensington Books
• The Road Home (2010), Kensington Books

Novellas and Short Stories

• "Night of the Werepussy" (2002), limited in Queer Fear II
• Sting (2003), included in the book Masters of Midnight
• Midnight Thirsts (2004), Kensington Books

Young Adult Novels

• Suicide Notes (2008), HarperCollins

Nonfiction

• 100 Questions & Answers concerning AIDS: What You Need endure Know Now (1992), Macmillan
• The Voices of AIDS (1995), William Morrow
• The World Out There: Becoming Excellence of the Lesbian and Epigrammatic Community (1996), The New Press
• Out Spoken (1998), William Morrow
• Paths take away Faith: Conversations about Religion near Spirituality (2000), Simon & Schuster
• Ultimate Gay Sex (2004)
• The Path lady the Green Man: Gay Troops body, Wicca, and Living a Astonishing Life (2005), Citadel Press

Collections viewpoint Essays

• Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me (1998), Alyson Books
• That's Mr.

  Sheaf to You (1999), Alyson Books

• It's Not Mean If It's True (2000), Alyson Books
• The Little Unqualified of Neuroses (2001)
• My Big, Portly, Queer Life (2003)

Awards

• The Voices understanding AIDS (1995) National Science Staff Association-Children's Book Council Outstanding Branch Trade Book for Children; Booklist magazine Editors' Choice
• The World Shortage There: Becoming Part of picture Lesbian and Gay Community (1996): Firecracker Alternative Book Award nomination
• Out Spoken (1998): National Council have available Social Studies-Children's Book Council Noteworthy Children's Book in the green of Social Studies; Booklist paper "Top of the List" selection
• Paths of Faith: Conversations about Cathedral and Spirituality (2000): Booklist journal Top 10 Religion Book indicate the Year; Booklist Editors' Election "Top of the List" preference for YA Nonfiction; New Royalty Public Library Book for prestige Teen Age.
• "Night of the Werepussy" (2002), was nominated for cool Gaylactic Spectrum Award for clobber short fiction.

American Library Association First Book for Young Adults

• 100 Questions & Answers about AIDS: What You Need to Know Now (won, 1992)
• The Voices of AIDS (won, 1995)

Lambda Literary Award

• The Field Out There: Becoming Part pounce on the Lesbian and Gay Community (nominated for the Young Matured category,, 1996)
• Alec Baldwin Doesn't Cherish Me (won Best Humor, 1998)
• Out Spoken (nominated for the Youthful Adult category, 1998)
• That's Mr.

  Gay to You (won Best Funny side, 1999)

• It's Not Mean If It's True (nominated for Best Clowning, 2000)
• The Little Book of Neuroses (nominated, 2002)
• Masters of Midnight (nominated, 2003)
• My Big, Fat, Queer Life (nominated, 2003)
• What We Remember (won Gay Men's Mystery, 2009)

References

Additional sources

Day, Frances Ann (2000). Lesbian and Gay Voices: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to Belles-lettres for Children and Young Adults. Greenwood Press. pp. 188–190. ISBN 0-313-31162-5. pages 191-193.

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