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Michael Thomas Ford

Author of Suicide Notes

53+ Works 4,749 Members 181 Reviews 9 Favorited

About the Author

Series

Works by Michael Thomas Ford

Suicide Notes (2008) 864 copies
Jane Bites Back (2009) 429 copies
Last Summer (2003) 214 copies
Looking For It (2004) 205 copies
It's Not Mean If It's True (2000) 196 copies
Full Circle (2005) 183 copies
Changing Tides (2007) 165 copies
Jane Goes Batty (2011) 146 copies
The Road Home (2010) 120 copies
Z (2010) 108 copies
What We Remember (2008) 90 copies
Love & Other Curses (2019) 88 copies
Jane Vows Vengeance (2012) 88 copies
Tangled Sheets (2005) 86 copies
Masters of Midnight (2013) — Contributor — 81 copies
Don't Let the Doll In (2020) 69 copies
Midnight Thirsts (1836) — Contributor — 66 copies
Ultimate Gay Sex (2004) 65 copies
The Eerie Triangle (1997) 62 copies
Return to Foreverware (1997) 48 copies
Best Gay Erotica 1996 (1996) — Editor — 42 copies
The Lonely Ghost (2022) 35 copies
Happily Ever After: Erotic Fairy Tales For Men (1996) — Editor — 32 copies
The Voices of AIDS (1995) 25 copies
Lily (2016) 22 copies
Once Upon a Time: Erotic Fairy Tales For Women (1996) — Editor — 20 copies
Who Framed Alice Prophet? (1998) 19 copies
They Say (1998) 14 copies
Halloweird (1998) 13 copies
Curse of the Wish Eater (2020) 13 copies
Beware of the Ghost (2020) 12 copies
Switching Channels (1998) 11 copies
Every Star That Falls (2023) 10 copies
Keep the Lights On (2020) 6 copies
Notatki samobojcy (2017) 3 copies
Just Another Winter's Tale (2017) — Contributor — 2 copies
Into the Darkness (2019) 1 copy

Associated Works

Queer Fear: Gay Horror Fiction (2000) — Contributor — 93 copies
Other Terrors: An Inclusive Anthology (2022) — Contributor — 90 copies
The Mammoth Book of Gay Erotica (1997) — Contributor — 72 copies
Queer Fear 2: Gay Horror Fiction (2002) — Contributor — 51 copies
Men of the Mean Streets: Gay Noir (2011) — Contributor — 36 copies
Brothers of the Night: Gay Vampire Stories (1997) — Contributor — 24 copies
The Romantic Male Nude (1672) — Introduction — 19 copies
Noirotica 3: Stolen Kisses (2000) — Contributor — 18 copies
Best Gay Romance 2015 (2015) — Contributor — 11 copies
Saints Sinners 2017: New Fiction From The Festival (2017) — Introduction — 2 copies
Jonathan: Gay Men's Fiction, No. 2 (May 2013) (2013) — Contributor — 2 copies

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Common Knowledge

Other names
Ford, Mike
Bird, Isobel (pseudonym)
Birthdate
1968-10-01
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Places of residence
San Francisco, California, USA
Occupations
writer
Awards and honors
Lambda Literary Award Outstanding mid-career novelist (2014)
Agent
Mitchell Waters (Curtis Brown Ltd.)
Short biography
Isobel Bird (penname) is a practicing Wiccan, whose teen series Circle of Three, developed a cult following among otherwise well-behaved, bookish readers. Isobel lives and celebrates the moon in Northern California

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Reviews

 
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JimandMary69 | 1 other review | Aug 20, 2023 |
Ok with book reminisces of his life. Some were laugh out loud and other were just so so.
 
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ChrisWeir | Apr 13, 2023 |
Excellent book. I read it in one day. The author did a great job of uncovering what nobody really wants to talk about. Yes, people talk about suicide prevention a lot, but we never hear about the details leading up to and following suicide attempts from those who have experienced it. It was graphic in parts, but also very moving in others. I appreciated the open conversation and the look inside the minds of young people feeling lost and helpless. It provided a sense of understanding and hope that this is something very real, very personal, but very beatable.… (more)
 
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Statistics

Works
53
Also by
12
Members
4,749
Popularity
#5,289
Rating
½ 3.7
Reviews
181
ISBNs
150
Languages
6
Favorited
9
Touchstones
88

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