About

My name is Jenny Michaud to my friends and family, but to the writer world, I’m  Jenny Keller Ford.  It’s my maiden name and the name I always dreamed of using when I became a published author.

I am addicted to the written word.  I read almost anything I can get my hands on:  John Steinbeck, Robert Ludlum, Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Raymond Feist, Daniel Steele, not to mention my long list of YA favorite authors:  J. K. Rowling, Rick Riordan, Julie Kagawa, Veronica Ross…the list goes on and on.

I love to write Young Adult fiction, primarily fantasy, but I tend to write whatever when the mood moves me. It could be poetry, it could be something horrible, something paranormal, it doesn’t matter, as long as I write.  My favorite books are young adult/new adult.  I like falling back to my younger self and escaping in a book.  I will read non-fiction books, but the subject really has to grip me.  I have written a few non-fiction short stories that have won some online awards and they are posted here on my blog.  I’m currently writing a trilogy:  The Chronicles of Fallhollow.  My first novel in the series, In the Dragon King, is undergoing a re-write for a publisher.  I have also started on the second and third books in the series.  I am always writing short stories and submitting them for publication.

I’m a soft jazz junkie.  Love Kenny G, Boney James, Lee Ritenour, Najee, Euge Groove.  Nothing like kicking back and listening to some smooth jazz on a summer night  under the stars, beachside, with a glass of wine.

The greatest loves of my life:  God, my family, my friends, my four-footed pets, writing, reading, and music.

Hobbies:  reading, writing, collecting seashells, walks on the beach, riding roller coasters, traveling, hanging with friends, being outside on a beautiful day doing anything other than staying inside.

I have been married for 21 years, have four children ranging in age from 17 to 27, and one grand-daughter.  I have two silly cats, one solid white, the other a precocious orange tabby.  I also have an Australian shepherd, an Aussie mix and a spotted heinz 57 ‘gypsy’ dog.  They are all such love babies and I am blessed to have them in my life.

My life before I became a full-time writer:  for 20 years I was an administrative/executive/legal assistant and paralegal.  Before then, I worked as a retail clerk and a data entry clerk.

Thank you for dropping by.  I would love to hear from you.  Please feel free to contact me at kford2007@gmail.com and don’t forget to hit that follow button, okay?  :)