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Jeffrey Ford (born November 8, 1955 in West Islip, New York) is an American writer in the fantastic genre tradition, although his works have spanned genres including fantasy, science fiction and mystery. His work is characterized by a sweeping imaginative power, humor, literary allusion, and a fascination with tales told within tales. He is a graduate of Binghamton University, where he studied with the novelist John Gardner.〔"Jeffrey Ford: Shadow Years", ''Locus'', June 2008, p.7〕 He lives in southern New Jersey and teaches writing and literature at Brookdale Community College in Monmouth County.〔(Jeffrey Ford (Author of The Shadow Year) )〕 He has also taught at the summer Clarion Workshop for science fiction and fantasy writers in Michigan. He has contributed stories, essays and interviews to various magazines and e-magazines including ''MSS'', ''Puerto Del Sol'', ''Northwest Review'', ''Hayden's Ferry Review'', ''Argosy'', ''Event Horizon'', ''Infinity Plus'', ''Black Gate'' and ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction''. He published his first story, "The Casket", in Gardner's literary magazine ''MSS'' in 1981 and his first full-length novel, ''Vanitas'', in 1988. ==Awards == His stories and novels have been nominated multiple times for the World Fantasy Award, the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the International Horror Guild Award, the Fountain Award, Shirley Jackson Award and the Edgar Allan Poe Award. * ''The Physiognomy'' (1998) (World Fantasy Award) * ''The Fantasy Writer's Assistant'' (2003) (World Fantasy Award) * "Creation" (2003) (World Fantasy Award) * "Botch Town" (2007) (World Fantasy Award) * ("The Empire of Ice Cream" ) (2004) (Nebula Award for Best Novellette) * ("Exo-Skeleton Town" ) (2005) (Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire for best translated story) * "The Annals of Eelin-Ok" (2005) ((The Fountain Award ) for excellence in the short story) * ''The Girl in the Glass'' (2005) (Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Paperback Original) * The Shadow Year (2009) (World Fantasy Award) * ''The Shadow Year'' (2008) (Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novel) * ''The Drowned Life'' (2009) (World Fantasy Awards)〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeffrey Ford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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