W. E. D. Ross


William Edward Daniel "W. E. D." Ross 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. 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.

Biography

William Edward Daniel Ross was born on November 16, 1912, in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, the son of Laura and William Edward Ross. In 1934, he moved to the United States to study. He married Charlotte McCormack, and worked for years as an actor, 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. 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.
His second wife, Marilyn, served as first reader of his works, and "Marilyn Ross" was one of his favorite pseudonyms.
He died on November 1, 1995, in his native Saint John, at 82, survived by his wife.

As Olin Ross

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  1. Ghost of Dark Harbor
  2. A Hearse for Dark Harbor
  3. Mists of Dark Harbor
  4. Dark Harbor Haunting
  5. Terror at Dark Harbor
  6. Evil of Dark Harbor

    As Marilyn Ross

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  1. Dark Shadows
  2. Victoria Winters
  3. Strangers at Collins House
  4. The Mystery of Collinwood
  5. The Curse of Collinwood
  6. Barnabas Collins
  7. The Secret of Barnabas Collins
  8. The Demon of Barnabas Collins
  9. The Foe of Barnabas Collins
  10. The Phantom and Barnabas Collins
  11. Barnabas Collins Versus the Warlock
  12. The Peril of Barnabas Collins
  13. Barnabas Collins and the Mysterious Ghost
  14. Barnabas Collins and Quentin's Demon
  15. Barnabas Collins and the Gypsy Witch
  16. Barnabas, Quentin and the Mummy's Curse
  17. Barnabas, Quentin and the Avenging Ghost
  18. Barnabas, Quentin and the Nightmare Assassin
  19. Barnabas, Quentin and the Crystal Coffin
  20. Barnabas, Quentin and the Witch's Curse
  21. Barnabas, Quentin and The Haunted Cave
  22. Barnabas, Quentin and the Frightened Bride
  23. Barnabas, Quentin and the Scorpio Curse
  24. Barnabas, Quentin and the Serpent
  25. Barnabas, Quentin and the Magic Potion
  26. Barnabas, Quentin and the Body Snatchers
  27. Barnabas, Quentin and Dr. Jekyll's Son
  28. Barnabas, Quentin and the Grave Robbers
  29. Barnabas, Quentin and the Sea Ghost
  30. Barnabas, Quentin and the Mad Magician
  31. Barnabas, Quentin and the Hidden Tomb
  32. Barnabas, Quentin and the Vampire Beauty

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  33. Haunting of Fog Island
  34. Fog Island
  35. Phantom of Fog Island
  1. Curse of Black Charlie
  2. Cellars of the Dead
  3. Waiting in the Shadows
  4. Death's Dark Music
  5. Cauldron of Evil
  6. This Evil Village
  7. Phantom of the Snow
  8. Mask of Evil
  9. This Frightened Lady
  10. The Twice Dead!
  11. Awake to Terror
  12. Dead of Winter

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