Clyde Ford was born in New York City. He graduated
from Wesleyan University, Western States Chiropractic
College, and the Psychosynthesis Institute of New York.
In 2006, he received the prestigious Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Legacy Award in contemporary fiction
and the Independent Publishers Award (IPPY) for best
thriller. He was named a “Literary Lion” by the Seattle
King Country Library System for 2006, 2007, and
2008. Clyde was also voted “Best Writer of Bellingham,
Washington” in 2006 and 2007 by readers of the Cascadia
Weekly, and he received the 2007 Bellingham, Washington,
Mayor’s Arts Award in Literature.
Clyde is a much sought-after public speaker with frequent appearances at bookstores, educational institutions, business and professional associations, and civic organizations around the country. Over the past twenty years he has participated in hundreds of media interviews and has appeared on shows such as the Oprah Winfrey Show, New Dimensions Radio, and National Public Radio to discuss his writing and work.
Clyde currently lives in Bellingham, Washington, where he writes and enjoys cruising the waters of the Inside Passage aboard his single-engine biodiesel trawler.
Learn more about Clyde Ford at www.clydeford.com
