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John C. Ford

Goodreads author profile

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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

About this author

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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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Plots in the News

If you want to write a thriller novel and are looking for a plot, consider this my gift to you:

In a move that seems inspired by "The Lord of the Rings," seven "keys" have been handed out to a trusted circle of people who might get called upon to "save" the Internet in the aftermath of a cyber attack.
But contrary to other news reports, the seven key holders have not be...

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Average rating: 3.65 · 219 ratings · 64 reviews · 2 distinct works

	The Morgue and Me 3.64 avg rating — 217 ratings — published 2009 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Un Été À La Morgue by John C. Ford (Goodreads Author), Cyril Laumonier (Traduction) 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	My rating:

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Tears of Autumn

by Charles McCarry

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