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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 began writing short-stories in 1950s, and novels after his second marriage. Her wife was the first reader of his works. 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, Miriam Leslie, 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.
Book List in Order: 14 titles
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The Wells Fargo Brand
- 1964
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Some years back, a gang held up a bank in Kansas and then had shot their way past Jim Taylor, special agent for Wells Fargo. In the fracas Jim had lost an eye and his wife had been killed. From that moment the man with the black patch had lost intere...
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Outlaw's Gold
- Jan-1965
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When Jeff Patten notices buzzards soaring above his trail he expects to find death -- but he is not prepared for the sight of a creature with cloak and horns who seems to be the Devil himself....
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Durez City Bonanza
- Dec-1965
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When Bart Landry breaks up a crooked card game in Durez City and his erstwhile opponent is found dead a few hours later, Bart becomes the logical murder suspect....
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Stage to Link City
- Jan-1966
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Since Ben Oakland had a job with the railroad line waiting for him in San Francisco, he didn't aim to stop any longer in Link City than it took the stage to pick up passengers. He had had his fill of being a lawman and didn't intend putting on a star...
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Vengeance Rider
- Sep-1966
- / Western
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Sam's brother Joel, always his rival, had even married his girl. But when Joel was murdered, blood was still thicker than water....
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Lawman of Blue Rock
- Jan-1967
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Seven years as deputy sheriff of Barnesville had disgusted Ken Gibson with the life of a badge toter, being forced to truckle to the powers that hired his gun even when he knew they were wrong and he was not serving the cause of justice by supporting...
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Yuma Brand
- Jan-1967
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Yuma prison and the old west are the ingredients of this satisfying western novel....
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Incident at Haddon City
- Jan-1968
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A rowdy troublemaker forces his company on two lawmen riding toward Haddon City. Of the three men riding toward Haddon City, two were partners. The third was a troublemaker who had invited himself to accompany them. The third man risked their live...
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Sheriff of Mad River
- Jan-1969
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Parker's town-taming gun was a legend in the West, and his final test was Mad River! The fatality rate for lawmen in Mad River had been high, until Tim Parker came along. It took a while, but he nearly had the town under control and he hoped he'd ...
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Naked Ambition
- Jun-2013
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It is a murder/mystery novel. Nicholas Blick, a highly skilled twenty-year-old volleyball player, was "just snooping around" when he came across the corpse of a person who had been brutally murdered. The police have arrested another young volleyball ...