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About Orna Ross
Orna Ross is a novelist, poet with a research interest in creativity and creative practice. An international bestseller, 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
Contact
For book related queries, contact Shanaya Wagh, Publications Manager: publications@ornaross.com
All other enquiries, contact the team: info@ornaross.com
Upcoming Books 2025-26
Poetry: A Crowd of Stars. Sept 2025
WB Yeats love poems to Maud Gonne with commentary by the muse
Fiction: A Life Before. Spring 2026 
Coming of age story of Maud Gonne and WB Yeats, as narrated by Rosy Cross, ‘the oldest woman in Ireland' .
Recent Accolades
Awards |
Books |
| International Firebird Book Award, 2024 | Blue Mercy |
| BookFest Book Award Winner, 2024 | Circle of Life |
| Gold Literary Titan Winner, 2022 | Allowing Now |
| Goethe Grand Prize, 2021 | After the Rising & Before the Fall |
| CAP Carousel Award | Her Secret Rose |
