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John C. Ford

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http://www.goodreads.com/johncford

born

Birmingham, Michigan

gender

male

website

http://www.johncfordbooks.com

genre

Young Adult, Mystery & Thrillers

influences

Graham Greene, Stephen King, Ross Macdonald, Denise Mina

member since

May 2009

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Hi Good Reads!

I grew up in the great state of Michigan before attending Stanford University and the University of Michigan Law School. Try not to hold the law school thing against me.

My hometown is the same as that of crime-fiction great Elmore Leonard, so maybe that's where I get my love of mysteries. But probably not, since I've never met him. In any case, when I'm not writing I'm also a (very) amateur photographer.

Hope you enjoy my first novel for teens, The Morgue and Me.

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Average rating: 3.60 · 332 ratings · 81 reviews · 3 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Morgue and Me 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 328 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Un Été À La Morgue by John C. Ford (Goodreads Author), Cyril Laumonier (Goodreads Author) (Traduction) 5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sister Ignatia: Angel of Alcoholics Anonymous by Mary C. Darrah, Bill Pittman (Foreword by), John Cuthbert Ford (Foreword by) 4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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