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THE AWARD-WINNING BOOK BY JOEL BROWN
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MAKING FRIENDS WITH DEATH
I’m trying to make friends with death, trying to get closer without scaring myself too much. I’m trying to understand whatever I can...
Surviving the worst close call of all
Posted Sept. 2024 | Psychology Today I take my five-year-old daughter Jessie to a Halloween haunted house. She runs up the stairs of the...
KRIKUS INTERVIEW | Ford Writes About Denial, Surrender, and Healing
BY JESSICA JERNIGAN • JUNE 23, 2024 In 1990, Judith Ford had a career as a psychotherapist and a blended family that included two...
Fever of Unknown Origin, made the Kirkus, 40 Indies Worth Discovering list.
Kirkus list A touching consideration of the frighteningly precarious nature of good health.. Debut author Ford presents a memoir of...
How My Motorcycle Crash Improved My Life
Even an obvious loss can open the door for unexpected gifts. Posted June 7, 2024 | Psychology Today It was 1973 and I was a 23-year-old...
I'm proud to announce my book Fever of Unknown Origin won best memoir in the Brew project contest.
Memoir of the Year: Fever of Unknown Origin: A True Tale of Medicine, Mystery, and Magic by Judith Ford BREW Nonfiction Book Excellence...
Personal Memoirs — Pathways to Healing
Author Judith Ford shares her thoughts on writing,healing, & reproductive rights In a recent interview, Judith Ford — a prolific writer...
DATE RAPE
I wake from the weight of his body. David is lying on top of me, pushing against my hips. I feel him pressing his hard penis into me....
Atticus Finch and the Rabid Raccoon
It’s a sunny morning in July and I’m washing dishes and singing along with the music from Les Misérables. The roar of the tractor-mower...
What It Feels Like to Publish a Book About Myself and Read It to Strangers
My book is about me. It’s also about my family, from my point of view. It’s about my memories as truly as I can remember them which is...
Luciano and the Lightning
I used to love thunderstorms. My mother told me thunder was the sound of angels bowling. I loved the image, but I doubted she was right....
"Birds at Sunrise," (fiction), Penman Review.
"Birds at Sunrise," (fiction), Penman Review. Click here!
REVIEW: from Kirkus:
". . .Without question, the author tackles difficult topics here—whether describing a severe, incapacitating illness or dealing with the...
"Go Go Go, Said The Bird,", Better Than Starbucks, nominated Best of the Net 2023
"Go Go Go, Said The Bird," (creative nonfiction), Better Than Starbucks, nominated for Best of the Net 2023 Betterthanstarbucks.org.
REVIEW: Mystery, and Magic.” To say I am spellbound is an understatement.
Dear Jude, A couple of days ago, I began reading your “Fever of Unknown Origin: A True Tale of Medicine, Mystery, and Magic.” To say I am...
INTERVIEW: with Louie b. Free - BrainFood from the Heartland
Judith Ford - Fever of Unknown Origin: a True Tale of Medicine, Mystery and Magic
Swimming in Lake Kegonsa
It’s summer at my grandparents’ lake cottage. I love the cottage because it’s full of things left behind by my grandparents’ parents and...
Sad Hotel
When I was nineteen, I was in a serious car accident. I’d gone with my parents on a trip to Palmer Gulch Lodge in the Black Hills, an...
WHY I Wrote this book
Why I wrote this book I wrote this book because I needed to have a story to tell myself about my illness and about the deaths of my...
Addendum to Close Call #1, Suicide
I had this dream a few days after my ineffectual suicide attempt. The dream was so strange and so impactful that I wrote about it in my...
MAKING FRIENDS WITH DEATH
I’m trying to make friends with death, trying to get closer without scaring myself too much. I’m trying to understand whatever I can...
Surviving the worst close call of all
Posted Sept. 2024 | Psychology Today I take my five-year-old daughter Jessie to a Halloween haunted house. She runs up the stairs of the...
KRIKUS INTERVIEW | Ford Writes About Denial, Surrender, and Healing
BY JESSICA JERNIGAN • JUNE 23, 2024 In 1990, Judith Ford had a career as a psychotherapist and a blended family that included two...
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