Somebody's Daughter
by Ashley C. Ford
Ashley C. Ford lives in Brooklyn but was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She is the oldest of four children. She has written or guest-edited for The Guardian, ELLE Magazine, BuzzFeed, Slate, I-D, Lenny Letter, Matter magazine, Ladies Home Journal, popular lifestyle blog Design*Sponge, and various other web and print publications.
Ford has been a guest speaker at SXSW, Earlham College, Hippocamp Nonfiction Writing Conference, Ball State University, and a host of other events and universities. She is also a highly sought after in-conversation" personality for authors on their own book tours. She has participated in readings and conversations with authors
such as Lena Dunham, Mychal Denzel Smith, Cheryl Strayed, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Saeed Jones, and Zadie Smith.
Ford is a former Senior Features Writer for Refinery29.Com, and a former creative nonfiction teacher for The New School. She was the host of the first season of Audible.Com's interview series, Authorized. On this podcast, she interviewed authors such as Janet Mock, Adelle Waldman, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Yaa Gyasi, Tayari Jones, and again, Zadie Smith. In January 2017, Ford was named among Forbes 30 Under 30 in media.
Ford currently hosts PROFILE by BuzzFeed News, and is the former host of Brooklyn-based news & culture TV show (and podcast!), 112BK. She is also working on a collection of interviews (B-Side Chats) with her husband, Kelly Stacy.
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Ford has been a guest speaker at SXSW, Earlham College, Hippocamp Nonfiction Writing Conference, Ball State University, and a host of other events and universities. She is also a highly sought after in-conversation" personality for authors on their own book tours. She has participated in readings and conversations with authors
such as Lena Dunham, Mychal Denzel Smith, Cheryl Strayed, Nicole Dennis-Benn, Saeed Jones, and Zadie Smith.
Ford is a former Senior Features Writer for Refinery29.Com, and a former creative nonfiction teacher for The New School. She was the host of the first season of Audible.Com's interview series, Authorized. On this podcast, she interviewed authors such as Janet Mock, Adelle Waldman, Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Yaa Gyasi, Tayari Jones, and again, Zadie Smith. In January 2017, Ford was named among Forbes 30 Under 30 in media.
Ford currently hosts PROFILE by BuzzFeed News, and is the former host of Brooklyn-based news & culture TV show (and podcast!), 112BK. She is also working on a collection of interviews (B-Side Chats) with her husband, Kelly Stacy.
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