Author · 1957–2006
John M. Ford
John M. Ford was an American author and game designer (1957–2006). Born in East Chicago.
Our catalogue lists 1 book by John M. Ford, mostly historical fantasy and vampire fiction. The most-read is The Dragon Waiting (1983).
Books by John M. Ford
The Dragon Waiting
John M. Ford
Awards
- ✦Nebula Awards 1997 — Best Novelette, Erase/Record/Play: A Drama for Print (nominee)
- ✦Nebula Awards 1988 — Best Novella, Fugue State (nominee)
- ✦World Fantasy Awards 2005 — Best Collection, Heat of Fusion and Other Stories (nominee)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 1989 — Best Short Fiction, Winter Solstice, Camelot Station (winner)
- 🏆World Fantasy Awards 1984 — Best Novel, The Dragon Waiting (winner)
- ✦Locus Awards 1994 — Best Anthology, Strange Dreams (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1994 — Best Science Fiction Novel, Growing Up Weightless (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1988 — Best Novella, Fugue State (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1985 — Best Short Story, Heat of Fusion (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1984 — Best Fantasy Novel, The Dragon Waiting (nominee)
- ✦Locus Awards 1981 — Best First Novel, Web of Angels (nominee)
- 🏆Philip K. Dick Award 1994 — Overall, Growing Up Weightless (winner)
Biography
John Milo "Mike" Ford (April 10, 1957 – September 25, 2006) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer, game designer, and poet. A contributor to several online discussions, Ford composed poems, often improvised, in both complicated forms and blank verse; he also wrote pastiches and parodies of many other authors and styles. At Minicon and other science fiction conventions he would perform "Ask Dr. Mike", giving humorous answers to scientific and other questions in a lab coat before a whiteboard.