Hoosier Authors Book Club Announces 2023 Schedule

Club to Discuss “Somebody’s Daughter” by Ashley C. Ford.

The Hoosier Authors Book Club is in its eighth year this year with four planned book discussions. The second meeting for this season will take place at 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 22. The General Lew Wallace Study & Museum’s book club will discuss Somebody’s Daughter by Ashley C. Ford. Books are currently available for checkout at the Carriage House at the General Lew Wallace Study & Museum.

This is an Amazon Best Book of June 2021 and a New York Times Best Seller. This book is a special memoir by the author. She is candid, inquisitive, vulnerable, and present in the moments she shares—especially those of her childhood. From the absence of her father and the shocking revelation of his incarceration, to the grandmother she adored, and the men who both protected and hurt her, Somebody’s Daughter shows how people and critical moments—both big and small—can become hardwired into our lives and affect the way we react to and experience the world.

Ashley 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. She currently lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with her husband, poet and fiction writer Kelly Stacy, and their chocolate lab Astro Renegade Ford-Stacy.

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 Manhattan, 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).

For more information about the Hoosier Authors Book Club visit https://www.ben-hur.com/programs/hoosier-authors-book-club/.