Born in Wexford, Orna Ross survived a convent-school childhood by taking refuge in poetry, books, and dreams of becoming a writer. In 2011 she took her book rights back from her publishers. She has been publishing her own way ever since.

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BIO: Orna Ross is a novelist, poet with a research interest in 19th and 20th century Irish literature. An international bestseller, whose books sell in over 100 countries, her writing awards include the Goethe Grand Prize for Historical Fiction and the Gold Literary Titan award for poetry, and she was named one of the "Top 100 People in Publishing" (The Bookseller) for her work with ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors.

Born and raised in Wexford, in the south-east of Ireland, she now lives in St Leonard's on Sea, in the south-east of England, within working reach of London. Browse and buy her books at OrnaRoss.com/Books