Zola Helen Ross

Background

Ross, Zola Helen was born on May 9, 1912 in Dayton, Iowa, United States. Daughter of Sherman Andrew and Bertha Ellen (Iles) Girdey.

Education

Bachelor, MacMurray College, 1930.

Career

She also taught writing and co-founded the Pacific Northwest Writers Association with Lucile Saunders McDonald of The Seattle Times. She wrote in various genres, including adventure, children"s fiction, crime, mystery, and suspense. She was also the author of several Western historical novels.

Her male counterpart was Louis L"Amour.

The Pacific Northwest and the Great Basin are the settings for her stories, and they include the towns of Reno, San Francisco, and Seattle. Ross occasionally wrote under the pseudonyms Helen Arre and Bert Iles.

She taught writing at the University of Washington and the Lake Washington schools in Kirkland, Washington.

Achievements

• Zola Helen Ross has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Pigtail Pioneer - A Tale of Oregon Settlement in the 1850's

    (Set in the 1850's-the Went family moves from Chicago to P...)

  • Tonopah Lady
  • Bonanza Queen
  • Wing Harbor
  • Reno Crescent
  • The golden witch
  • Spokane Saga
  • The sunken forest
  • The Green Land - A Novel of the Northwest

Membership

Member of Women Communications, Free Lancers, National League American Penwomen, Society Children's Book Writers, Mystery Writers America, Western Writers America.

Connections

Married Frank William Ross, May 28, 1934.

Father:

Sherman Andrew Girdey

Mother:

Bertha Ellen (Iles) Girdey

Spouse:

Frank William Ross