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Michael Thomas Ford is the author of the teen novels Suicide Notes and Love & Other Curses. His numerous other works for both adults and teens include some of the earliest books about the HIV/AIDS crisis and several books about the LGBTQ community. His novel Lily was a Tiptree Award long list title and a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award and the Shirley Jackson Award. He also authors a series of novellas starring some of the most popular contestants from RuPaul's Drag Race, including Sharon Needles, Manila Luzon, and Jinkx Monsoon. He has a lot of tattoos and dogs and a beard.
Michael Thomas Ford has created an intense, complex exploration of family, love, and gender & sexual identity. I learned, I laughed, I got inspired. -- Jeff Garvin, author of <em>Symptoms of Being Human</em> Funny, heartfelt, and magnifi cently unexpected, Michael Thomas Ford's Love & Other Curses is a gritty, glittery triumph that broke my heart, put it back together again, and left me with a new, much needed sway in my sashay. -- Bennett Madison, author of <em>September Girls</em> A brilliant commentary on what it means to be a family, respect yourself and others, and become your best and most genuine self. -- Susan Vaught, author of <em>My Big Fat Manifesto</em> Intriguing. A solid exploration of the meanings of love. -- <em>Booklist</em> Love & Other Curses is a book with heart-a big, generous, loving heart. Anyone looking for a deep, thoughtful story about love and life and coming of age will enjoy the relationships, the search, and the lovely magic that may or may not be a part of every person's life. -- <em>New York Journal of Books</em>
