William Edward Daniel Ross | |
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Born | William Edward Daniel Ross November 16, 1912 Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada |
Died | November 1, 1995 82) Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada | (aged
Pen name | Olin Ross, Dan Roberts, Jane Rossiter, Leslie Ames, Ellen Randolph, Ann Gilmer, Dan Ross, W. E. D. Ross, Rose Williams, Rose Dana, Clarissa Ross, Marilyn Ross, Jan Daniels, Charlotte McCormack, Ruth Dorset, Miriam Leslie, Tex Steele, Dana Ross, Laura Frances Brooks, Lydia Colby, Diana Randall, Marilyn Carter |
Language | English |
Period | 1961-1987 |
Spouse | Charlotte McCormack (m. 1944; died 1959), Marilyn Ann Clark (m. 1960-1995) |
Children | No |
William Edward Daniel Ross (November 16, 1912 - November 1, 1995) was a Canadian actor, playwright, and bestselling writer of more than 300 novels in a variety of genres. He was known for the speed of his writing and was, by some estimates, the most prolific Canadian author ever, though he did not take up fiction until middle age.
He wrote popular romances and Gothic fiction as W. E. D. Ross and Dan Ross, and under a variety of mostly female pseudonyms, such as Jane Rossiter, Leslie Ames, Ellen Randolph, Ann Gilmer, Rose Williams, Rose Dana, Clarissa Ross, Marilyn Ross, Jan Daniels, Charlotte McCormack, Ruth Dorset, Miriam Leslie, Dana Ross, Laura Frances Brooks, Lydia Colby, Diana Randall, Diana Ross, and Marilyn Carter. [1] He started writing erotic novels as Olin Ross, and Western novels as Dan Roberts and Tex Steele. As Marilyn Ross, he wrote popular Gothic fiction, including a series of novels about the vampire Barnabas Collins based on the American TV series Dark Shadows (1966–71).
William Edward Daniel Ross was born on November 16, 1912, in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of Laura (née Brooks) and William Edward Ross. In 1934, he moved to the United States to study. He married Charlotte McCormack in 1944, and worked for years as an actor, as the manager of an acting company, and in broadcasting. After his wife died in 1959, he returned to Saint John. In 1960, he married for the second time, to nurse Marilyn Ann Clark. [2] At about this same time, he began writing novels, and found rapid success.
Ross appeared as himself on the January 31, 1966 episode of the CBS game show To Tell the Truth . He received two votes. [3]
His second wife, Marilyn, served as the first reader of his works, and "Marilyn Ross" was one of his favorite pseudonyms.
He died in Saint John on November 1, 1995, aged 82; he was survived by his wife. [4]
Many of his novels have been published under different titles or pseudonyms.
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