Bio

Ashley C. Ford is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir, Somebody’s Daughter, published by Flatiron Books and An Oprah Book. She is also the former co-host of The HBO companion podcast Lovecraft Country Radio, and the current host of Ben & Jerry’s Into The Mix.

Ford has written or guest-edited for The New York Times, The Guardian, ELLE Magazine, BuzzFeed, OUT Magazine, Slate, Teen Vogue, New York Magazine, Allure, Marie Claire, Netflix Queue, Real Simple, Cup of Jo, and numerous other web and print publications. In addition to writing and hosting podcasts, she also developed special projects for companies like Medium.Com, Mailchimp Presents, PRX Productions, Audible, and MasterCard.

She's taught creative nonfiction at The New School in Manhattan, Aspen Summer Words, and served as Ball State University’s Writer-In-Residence.

She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, poet and fiction writer Kelly Stacy, and their chocolate lab Astro Renegade Ford-Stacy.