Ashley C. Ford

Ashley C. Ford is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Somebody’s Daughter. Ford is the former co-host of the HBO companion podcast Lovecraft Country Radio, and the current host of Ben & Jerry’s Into the Mix.

Ford has written or guest edited for The Guardian, ELLE Magazine, BuzzFeed, OUT Magazine, Slate, Teen Vogue, New York Magazine, Allure, Marie Claire, The New York Times, Netflix Queue, Domino, Cup of Jo, and various other web and print publications. She’s also developed special projects for companies like Medium.Com, Mailchimp Presents, Condé Nast Entertainment, and MasterCard. She’s taught creative nonfiction at The New School in New York City, served as Ball State University’s Writer-In-Residence Fall 2021, and taught the Creative NonFiction Workshop at Butler University in Spring 2023.

In a former life, Ford worked as an executive for Matter Studios, focused on developing web series and documentaries. She was also the host of the first season of Audible’s literary interview series, Authorized. She has been named among Forbes Magazine‘s 30 Under 30 in Media (2017), Brooklyn Magazine‘s Brooklyn 100 (2016), Time Out New York’s New Yorkers of The Year (2017), and Variety’s New Power of New York (2019).