Clarissa Ross (1912–1995)
Author of Dark Shadows
About the Author
Series
Works by Clarissa Ross
Dark Shadows the Complete Paperback Library Reprint Volume 3: Strangers at Collins House (2020) 5 copies
Golden Harlequin Library, Volume XLIII: The Reluctant Guest / Nurse in Waiting / Away Went Love (1974) — Contributor — 4 copies
Dark Shadows the Complete Paperback Library Reprint Volume 4: The Mystery of Collinwood (2020) 4 copies
The Light in the Tower 1 copy
The Whispering Gallery 1 copy
Midhaven 1 copy
Weisser Mond 1 copy
Satan whispers 1 copy
Yökerhon Hoitajatar 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Ross, William Edward Daniel
- Other names
- Ames, Leslie
Brooks, Laura Frances
Carter, Marilyn
Colby, Lydia
Dana, Amber
Dana, Rose (show all 22)
Daniels, Jan
Dorset, Ruth
Gilmer, Ann
McCormack, Charlotte
Randall, Diane
Randolph, Ellen
Roberts, Dan
Ross, Clarissa
Ross, Dan
Ross, Dana
Ross, Marilyn
Ross, Olin
Ross, W. E. D.
Rossiter, Jane
Steel, Tex
Williams, Rose - Birthdate
- 1912-11-16
- Date of death
- 1995-11-01
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Canada
- Birthplace
- Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Place of death
- Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
- Places of residence
- Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
USA - Occupations
- actor
playwright
novelist - Short biography
- William Edward Daniel Ross was born on November 16, 1912 in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, son of Laura (Brooks) and William Edward Ross. In 1930, while he studied, he began his career as the manager of an acting company with which he also acted. Very early in his professional life, he was awarded the Dominion Drama Festival Prize for Playwriting. During the Second World War, he served with British Entertainment Services. He married Charlotte McCormack, who died in 1959, and remarried in 1960, with the nurse Marilyn Ann Clark.
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, Amber Ross, Dana Ross, Laura Frances Brooks, Lydia Colby, Diana Randall, and Marilyn Carter. He started writing erotic novels as Olin Ross, and Western novels as Dan Roberts and Tex Steele. He died on November 1, 1995 in his native Saint John, at 82, survived by his wife.
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This moved to number one spot on my 2024 list.
It is a mystery about a girl who gets called to her wheelchair bound aunts castle mansion to care for her in exchange for her willing her the castle. As she gets to learn her role, she is thrust into a thrilling nightmare of murder attempts and who is lying to her to cover their past? Many great characters and I thought I had it figured out at page 155, but then thought it was someone else at page 160! It had me hooked from the first page. This is a little bit thriller, a little bit horror and a little bit romance. And oh, did I tell you her Aunt gets her insight from an Ouija board and messes with it on the daily in order to do so, possibly? Cause you kinda need to be a little ok with that. I’m pretty sure that’s the Gothic part 🤣… (more)
It is a mystery about a girl who gets called to her wheelchair bound aunts castle mansion to care for her in exchange for her willing her the castle. As she gets to learn her role, she is thrust into a thrilling nightmare of murder attempts and who is lying to her to cover their past? Many great characters and I thought I had it figured out at page 155, but then thought it was someone else at page 160! It had me hooked from the first page. This is a little bit thriller, a little bit horror and a little bit romance. And oh, did I tell you her Aunt gets her insight from an Ouija board and messes with it on the daily in order to do so, possibly? Cause you kinda need to be a little ok with that. I’m pretty sure that’s the Gothic part 🤣… (more)
No one wrote camp gothic horror/romance quite like Marilyn Ross (pen name for W. E. Daniel Ross) and no TV show portrayed camp, gothic horror/romance quite like "Dark Shadows" so it's little wonder that this series of books should prove so appealing to fans of both the genre and the show. The forever virginal governess Victoria Winters (who just happens to be stringing three men along) is convinced she's being stalked by a killer, but who could it be? Surrounded by so many suspects, not to mention a forlorn ghost, it's going to take all her courage to unravel the diabolical mystery! Great fun....but unfortunately this Hermes Press reprint contains so many typos and grammatical errors that they ultimately prove distracting.… (more)
Great book and audio gave a vintage feel with the music.
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Ann fears for her sanity as she navigates the terror from an unseen force who is reaching out from beyond the grave to Ann harass her and her new husband. This is being accomplished thru a friend of the previous wife, a man who claims to be a psychic medium. He claims that he can bring the ex-wife thru to the present at will.
There is betrayal and ghost sightings, conspiracy and death around each corner.
The book for me drug out to long with not much action and I guessed the ending from the first few chapters. It was an ok book, but not great. I usually like this author but understand how hard it would be to write a good book each and every time. She gets a pass this time, but I probably won’t be keeping this book, although the cover is pretty and this is definitely a vintage gothic book, I will be passing it on as it is now destined for someone else to have.… (more)