Michael Curtis Ford is an American

historical novel Historical fiction is a literary genre in which a fictional plot takes place in the setting of particular real historical events. Although the term is commonly used as a synonym for historical fiction literature, it can also be applied to oth ...

ist, writing novels about

Ancient Rome In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman people, Roman civilisation from the founding of Rome, founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the Fall of the Western Roman Empire, collapse of the Western Roman Em ...

and

Ancient Greece Ancient Greece () was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity (), that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically r ...

. He has worked variously as a laborer, a ski patrolman, a musician, a consultant, a banker, a Latin teacher, and a translator. He holds degrees in Economics and Linguistics and lives in

Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ...

, where he and his wife

homeschool Homeschooling or home schooling (American English), also known as home education or elective home education (EHE) (British English), is the education of school-aged children at home or a variety of places other than a school. Usually conducted ...

their three children. He has also written numerous articles on ancient military themes. Contrary to popular conception, he did not write the books: '' The Fire of Ares'', ''Birth of a Warrior'', and ''Legacy of Blood''. On his website he states- "regarding the subject matter of my 'next book', '' The Fire of Ares: Spartan Quest'': very sorry to disappoint, but that is not my next book! After some investigation, I have found that ''Fire of Ares'' is apparently a 'young adult'-level book written by a British author with a name disconcertingly similar to my own, Michael Ford."

Novels

* ''The Ten Thousand: A Novel of Ancient Greece'' (2001) * ''Gods and Legions: A Novel of the Roman Empire'' (2002) * ''The Last King: Rome's Greatest Enemy'' (2004) * ''The Sword of Attila: A Novel of the Last Years of Rome'' (2005) * ''The Fall of Rome: A Novel of a World Lost'' (2007)

External links

Michael Curtis Ford
at Fantastic Fiction * (2001 to 2007) {{DEFAULTSORT:Ford, Michael Curtis 21st-century American novelists American male novelists American historical novelists Writers of historical fiction set in antiquity Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American male writers