About the Author *Corey Ford (1902-1969)was a humorist who wrote more than thirty books and five hundred articles and stories in his long and varied career.His most famous works were his monthly parodies for Vanity Fair and a series of articles "The Making of a Magazine"for the first issues of the New Yorker. About the Author Corey Ford (1902-1969) was a humorist who wrote more than thirty books and five hundred articles and stories in his long and varied career. His most famous works were his monthly parodies for Vanity Fair and a series of articles “The Making of a Magazine” for the first issues of the New Yorker