Dennis Ford is Jersey born, but he’s not Jersey fresh. He attended St. Peter’s College and earned a doctorate in psychology from Fordham University. He’s taught psychology for more than thirty years at Kean University and at the Borough of Manhattan Community College. He’s written nineteen books, including five novels—Red Star, Landsman, Things Don’t Add Up, The Watchman, and Tracks That Lead To Joy. Born in populous Hudson County, he now resides on the Jersey Shore where he walks the lonely beaches and thinks about everything.