LJ Ross

LJ Ross
Born Louise Ross
Newcastle, England, United Kingdom
Pen name LJ Ross
Occupation Writer
Nationality British
Period 2015–present
Genre Fiction, crime, thriller
Notable works DCI Ryan Mystery Series
Holy Island
Sycamore Gap
Heavenfield
Angel
High Force
Cragside
Dark Skies
Seven Bridges
Website
ljrossauthor.com

LJ Ross (the pen name of Louise Ross) is the bestselling author of the DCI Ryan series of romantic suspense thrillers.[1] Her debut novel, Holy Island, was released in January 2015 and, by May, it had reached number one in the Amazon UK chart.[2][3][4] Its sequel, Sycamore Gap, released in September 2015, is also a UK bestseller.[5][6] She has released further books in the DCI Ryan series. Ross's sixth novel Cragside reached number one on the Amazon UK chart and she is reported to have sold over 1,000,000 copies.[7]

Early life

Ross was born and grew up in Northumberland.[8] She completed undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in Law at King's College London, where she met her husband, and she continued her studies in Paris and Florence. After spending most of her twenties working in the City as a lawyer, she began to feel it was time for change.[9]

After the birth of her son, she wrote the first draft of Holy Island, having been inspired by the atmospheric beauty of the real island of Lindisfarne, a place she knew well from childhood.[10] Following its success, she now writes full-time. The second book in her series of DCI Ryan novels, Sycamore Gap, is set in Hadrian's Wall country[11][12] and subsequent DCI Ryan novels continue the Northumbrian locations, with stories set in Northumberland, County Durham and Newcastle.

Personal life

Ross lives with her husband and son in Northumberland.[13]

Novels

Pub.
order		 Title Year ISBN Locale
1 Holy Island 2015
(January)		 978-1514642825 Holy Island
2 Sycamore Gap 2015
(September)		 978-1518759567 Sycamore Gap
3 Heavenfield 2016
(March)		 978-1530652686 Heavenfield
4 Angel 2016
(August)		 978-1519010933 Angel of the North
5 High Force 2017
(January)		 978-1520473383 High Force
6 Cragside 2017
(July)		 978-1521748831 Cragside
7 Dark Skies 2017
(December)		 978-1973448075 Kielder Forest
8 Seven Bridges 2018
(May)		 978-1982967147 Newcastle upon Tyne

References

  1. ↑ Moore, Hannah. "North East author tops the bestsellers lists again - but this time for audiobooks". nechronicle. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  2. ↑ "Meet the Kindlepreneurs". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  3. ↑ "Women who self-published and found success". Mail Online. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  4. ↑ Midgley, Dominic. "50 Shades of self-publishers: Fame and fortune through publishing yourself online". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  5. ↑ Marsh, Michael. "Ponteland lawyer-turned-author on swapping life in the City to pen Holy Island-inspired crime novel". nechronicle. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  6. ↑ "lovesuspense". lovesuspense. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  7. ↑ http://www.morpethherald.co.uk/whats-on/arts/local-lass-lj-ross-tops-the-charts-with-thriller-cragside-1-8593767
  8. ↑ "Author notches up 100,000 book sales in just two years". Morpethherald.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  9. ↑ "Louise sets the scene for murder". Hexham-courant.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  10. ↑ "Crime novellist [sic] LJ Ross is writing her own destiny". Express North. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  11. ↑ "NorthEast Connected: LJ Ross launches Hadrian's Wall murder novel".
  12. ↑ "Crime novel launch party to be held this weekend". JesmondLocal. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
  13. ↑ "Bio". LJ Ross. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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