Ford S. Worthy is a former journalist and longtime investor. Early in his career, he served as a writer and associate editor at Fortune magazine, where his 1988 article "The Coming Defaults of Junk Bonds" was a finalist for the National Magazine Award. For nearly three decades, he has worked in venture capital, as a partner with a firm that invests in life science companies throughout the United States. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a law degree from the University of Chicago, where he was a member of the University of Chicago Law Review. In Search of a Boy Named Chester began as a personal tribute to his father and evolved into a journey of historical discovery. Ford lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.