Mark Ford

After getting his M.A. at the University of Michigan, Mark Ford spent two years in Africa, teaching and writing, before returning to Washington, DC, for a writer/editor position at a boutique publishing house. Ford later moved to Florida to become the Editorial Director of a business-oriented newsletter publisher. After retiring (for the first time), Ford joined Agora Publishing as Chief Growth Strategist, overseeing readership growth from 100,000 to 3 million and revenue growth from $8 million to over $1 billion. In 2000, Ford focused on writing for Agora and for John Wiley & Sons. Several of Ford's books have been New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestsellers.