Zola Helen Ross Explained

Zola Helen Ross (May 9, 1912  - November 14, 1989) (née Girdey) was an American Pacific Northwest writer. She also taught writing and co-founded the Pacific Northwest Writers Association[1] with Lucile Saunders McDonald of The Seattle Times.[2] [3] 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.[4] The Pacific Northwest and the Great Basin are the settings for her stories, and they include the towns of Reno, San Francisco, and Seattle.[5] 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.[6] She was married to William Frank Ross, and lived in Seattle, Washington.[7]

Selected publications

Using pseudonym Helen Arre

Using pseudonym Bert Iles

Co-authored with McDonald

Notes and References

  1. News: Zola Helen Ross, Author, 82. November 21, 1989. The New York Times. 21 January 2012.
  2. Book: McDonald. Lucile Saunders. McDonald. Richard. A foot in the door: the reminiscences of Lucile McDonald. 20 January 2012. 1995. Washington State University Press. 978-0-87422-120-6. 170.
  3. Web site: About the Pacific Northwest Writers Association. Pacific Northwest Writers Association. 21 January 2012. 19 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140219184133/http://www.pnwa.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=14. dead.
  4. Book: James. Ronald Michael. Raymond. C. Elizabeth. Comstock women: the making of a mining community. registration. 20 January 2012. 1998. University of Nevada Press. 978-0-87417-297-3. 278–.
  5. Book: Vinson. James. Kirkpatrick. D. L.. Twentieth-century western writers. 20 January 2012. 1982. Gale Research Co.. 663. 9780810302273 .
  6. Web site: Zola Ross. cowboydirectory.com. 21 January 2012.
  7. Book: Lucia, Ellis. This land around us: a treasury of Pacific Northwest writing. registration. 20 January 2012. 1969. Doubleday. xvii, 623.

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