Vince Ford

Vince Ford spent his childhood on a 700-acre hill country farm at Mangamingi, east of Eltham in Taranaki. He studied for a Bachelor of Agriculture at Massey University and spent several years as a production manager for agricultural videos. Since winning the Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award in 1998, he has become a prolific author with his books that combine rural life in New Zealand with humour. He lives at Wainui Beach north of Gisborne.

Selected bibliography:

• 2MUCH4U (Scholastic 1999).  
• It's a Try! (Scholastic 2000).
• SOMUCH2DO (Scholastic 2001).
• The Dare Club (Longacre Press 2002).
• Kotuku Saves the Day = Kua Ora i a Kotuku illustrated by Kelven Kirk (Allan Brown 2002).
• Possums2U (Scholastic 2002).
• A Handful of Blue (Scholastic 2003).
• Whakawhiti i te Huarahi = Crossing the Road illustrated by Kelven Kirk. (Allan Brown 2003).  
• Ka Mau te Wehi! Kotuku = Well Done! Kotuku illustrated by Kelven Kirk (Allan Brown 2005).
• Boyznbikes (Scholastic 2006).
• Scorched Bone [Chronicles of Stone Book One] (Scholastic 2008).
• Set in Stone [Chronicles of Stone Book Two (Scholastic 2008).
• Tribal Ash [Chronicles of Stone Book Three] (Scholastic 2009).
• Jonty and Choc (Scholastic 2010).

Awards:

• Storylines Tom Fitzgibbon Award 1998.
• New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards Junior Fiction Winner 2000 for 2MUCH4U.
• New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards Best First Book 2000 for 2MUCH4U.
• Storylines Notable Books List 2000 Junior Fiction list for 2MUCH4U.
• University of Iowa International Writing Programme 2001.
• Storylines Notable Books List 2003 Junior Fiction list for Possums2U.
• New Zealand Book Council International Writers’ Programme sponsorship 2004.
• Storylines Notable Books List 2004 Junior Fiction list for A Handful of Blue.
• New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards Junior Fiction shortlist 2007 for Boyznbikes.
• Storylines Notable Books List 2007 Junior Fiction list for Boyznbikes.
• University of Otago College of Education Writer in Residence / Robert Lord Writers' Cottage Residency 2007.
• New Zealand Post Children’s Book Awards Young Adult Fiction shortlist 2009 for Scorched Bone.
• Storylines Notable Books List 2009 Young Adult Fiction list for Scorched Bone.
• Storylines Notable Books List 2011 Junior Fiction list for Jonty and Choc.

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