Deborah Smith Ford, Children's author, former teacher, speaker, actor, impersonator
Deborah Smith Ford is known for her acting, writing, impersonating of film/TV characters and speaks on all!
Ford is an award-winning model, actor, celebrity impersonator and author. Her background in education and life experiences includes acting, teaching, missionary work, speaking and more. She has earned a variety of awards including the 2019 Woman of Distinction in Creative Arts in SW Florida.
Ford's book series is Allie's Adventures. The books are written for all ages, and each one contains recipes that are relevant to each story. Her first book has a CD that follows the story and is sung and narrated by professional singers that tell about Allie and her adventures as seen through the eyes of a child. One can learn more about Deborah Smith Ford on IMDb, Facebook, YouTube or just Google her!
The most important thing the author wants readers to gain from her books:
Allie's Adventures keeps readers on the edge of their seats. They discover new cultures, lifestyles, others' needs and desires and Allie's reaction to them. In Allie's first adventures one enjoys full page illustrations plus a CD of music and narration that allows the reader to follow along. The CD pairs with Allie's original adventure, The Little Apple. The apple story is a short tale about life on an apple farm. It even includes apple recipes!
Allie's further adventures take one on longer journeys to many areas of the United States including New York, Florida, Hollywood and even to Kenya, Africa. On each adventure readers not only learn of different cultures and families, but they can make tasty treats from recipes shared by Allie and her friends.
Why the author is an authority on the subject of her books:
Ford as an author writes books that are fictitious, but readers beware as her storylines seem quite real. Ford's stories might have an authentic edge due to her living a life almost identical to that of her books' main character, Allie Jean. Some say writing what you know is a good idea. Apparently Ford has taken that idea to heart combining fact with fiction, and that makes for entertaining reading!
Home, public and private schoolers, parents, educators, librarians and more seem to take to Ford's style of writing. Readers come to enjoy what Allie has to offer such as her life on a farm, traveling with her missionary parents, cooking with Grandma, helping those in need and befriending wildlife and a little goat. Ask Ford about her own life, and you're going to hear about apple and dairy farms, caring for all kinds of animals, missionary work as a teacher and veterinary assistant, life on film and TV sets, Red Carpet events and so much more, all of which will eventually evolve into future adventures!
Awards:
BOOKS—Royal Dragonfly Book Award, Florida Authors & Publishers Assoc. (FAPA), Beach, Hollywood, Paris and San Francisco Book Festivals and Christian Indie Book Award among others.
ACTING—So You Think You Can Act Award, Best Actress at various film festivals among others
CELEB LOOKALIKE—The Reel Awards, The Sunny Awards among others
ADDITIONAL—2019 Woman of Distinction in Creative Arts Award
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Speaking Engagements and School Presentations:
Ford speaks at schools, libraries, book stores and public events on the topics of writing and acting. Since she is an actor and professional celebrity/character lookalike/impersonator she sometimes is asked to share or dress up as one of her specialty characters.
Presentation Audience:
Preschool
Grades K-3
Grades 4-6
Middle School
High School
College
Adult
Location:
Florida
Willing to Travel
Book Type:
Picture book
Children's Fiction
Tween/YA Fiction
Topics:
Agriculture/Farming
Animals/Wildlife
Cooking
Family/ Parenting/Grandparenting/Adoption
Music/Musician
Performing Arts