Michael Thomas Ford is the author of more than fifty books for both young readers and adults. He is best known for his best-selling novels "Last Summer", "Looking for It", and "Full Circle" and for his five essay collections in the "Trials of My Queer Life" series. His work has been nominated for eleven Lambda Literary Awards, twice winning for Best Humor Book and twice for Best Romance Novel. He was also nominated for a Horror Writers Association Bram Stoker Award (for his novel "The Dollhouse That Time Forgot") and a Gay lactic Spectrum Award (for his short story "Night of the Were puss").