Background
Ross was born in Waterford, Ireland and was raised in Murrintown, County Wexford.
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After The Rising & Before The Fall (An Irish Trilogy) by Ms Orna Ross (2014-05-19)
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Before The Fall by Orna Ross (2012-12-21)
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Orna Ross
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She attended Murrintown National School and the Loreto Convent Wexford. She completed two degrees at the University College Dublin, including a Bachelor"s degree in English Literature and a Master’s Degree in Women's Studies.
Career
She also worked for some years as a lecturer in culture and creativity studies at University College Dublin, teaching a groundbreaking Creative & Imaginative Practice course that forms the basis of her Go Creative! book series. Writing career
Ross published her first two books, A Lover’s Hollow and A Dance in Time, with Penguin Books. In 2012 she self-published the first two books in a forthcoming trilogy, The Irish Trilogy I: After the Rising and The Irish Trilogy II: Before the Fall, She has since gone on to self-publish her next two works of fiction, Blue Mercy and The Secret Rose, a tribute to West.B. Yeats.
In 2015, Ross contributed a volume to Outside the Box: Women Writing Women.
She collaborated on the box set of novels with six other female writers. Ross’ works of fiction are often set in her home country of Ireland, family drama sagas that have been lauded by the Sunday Independent, Irish Times, Raidió Teilifís Éireann Guide and many other review outlets.
Alliance for Independent Authors
Ross believes strongly in the benefits of self-publishing for authors both established and just starting out in their careers. In 2012, she launched the Alliance for Independent Authors (ALLi), a not for profit organization that aims to protect the rights of writers and promote self-published books
In her capacity as the head of ALLi she has advised the British Broadcasting Corporation on publishing costs for an independent author
In 2014, she was referred to by The Guardian as an “indie star” of the writing world, and featured on the Guardian Books Podcast.
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