Influences

• Shirley Jackson
  Mark Helprin
  Carson McCullers
  Flannery O'Connor
  Tove Jansson
  John Steinbeck

Favorite Books

• Winter's Tale, Perdido Street Station, Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Cannery Row, Moominvalley in November, City of Thieves, The Summer Book, A Winter Book, The Once and Future King, The Member of the Wedding, Complete Short Stories of Flannery O'Connor

Favorite Authors

• Shirley Jackson, Mark Helprin, Scott Heim, Flannery O'Connor, Alex Jeffers, Carson McCullers, Truman Capote, Kemble Scott, John Steinbeck, Tove Jansson, T.H. White, Douglas Clegg, Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child, Joyce Carol Oates, China Mieville, Michael Lowenthal, Dan Simmons, Gregory Maguire, Susanna Clarke, Ali Liebegott

What I'm Reading

• The Sower (Kemble Scott), The Garden of Last Days (Andre Dubus III), The City & The City (China Mieville)

Web Links

• Michael Thomas Ford
• Blogger
• LiveJournal
• Shelfari
• Flickr
• Gay Writers
• Facebook