Clarissa Ross

William Edward Daniel Ross (born 1912) was a bestselling Canadian novelist from Saint John, New Brunswick. He wrote over 300 books in a variety of genres and under a variety of mostly female pseudonyms such as Laura Frances Brooks, Lydia Colby, Rose Dana, Jan Daniels, Ross Olin, Diane Randall, Clarissa Ross, Leslie Ames, Ruth Dorset, Ann Gilmer, Jane Rossiter, Dan Ross, Dana Ross, Marilyn Ross, Dan Roberts, and W.E.D. Ross. As Marilyn Ross, he wrote popular Gothic fiction including a series of...See more

William Edward Daniel Ross (born 1912) was a bestselling Canadian novelist from Saint John, New Brunswick. He wrote over 300 books in a variety of genres and under a variety of mostly female pseudonyms such as Laura Frances Brooks, Lydia Colby, Rose Dana, Jan Daniels, Ross Olin, Diane Randall, Clarissa Ross, Leslie Ames, Ruth Dorset, Ann Gilmer, Jane Rossiter, Dan Ross, Dana Ross, Marilyn Ross, Dan Roberts, and W.E.D. Ross. 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 (1966-1971). See less