Meet the author: Jamie FordJamie Ford is an American author who gained notoriety with his debut novel, "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet." He is ethnically half Chinese, and his first two books focused on the Chinese-American experience and the city of Seattle.
Ford grew up in Seattle, Washington. Although he no longer lives in Seattle, the city has played an important role in each of Ford's books. Ford graduated from the Art Institute of Seattle in 1988 and worked as an art director and as a creative director in advertising. His great-grandfather immigrated from Kaiping, China in 1865. His name was Min Chung, but he changed it to William Ford when he was working in Tonopah, Nevada. His great-grandmother, Loy Lee Ford was the first Chinese woman to own property in Nevada. Ford has been married to Leesha Ford since 2008 and has a blended family with nine children. They live in Montana. |
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