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.