Fern Morton
Fern Morton is the pseudonym of a novelist in Washington, DC, who is obsessed with both lying and telling the truth. If her father is reading this: Yes, Dad, it’s me.
Essays, Memoirs & True Stories
A Conversation with My Father
You could make things up that actually felt more like truth, somehow. You could build a world so precise that other people started to believe it, too. And if you didn’t believe the things my dad said, he’d find a way to make you.
April 2026
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