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Emily Ross

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Born

in Boston

August 16

Website

http://www.emilyrosswrites.com

Twitter

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Genre

Young Adult, Mystery, Thriller

Influences

Megan Abbott, Raymond Chandler, Tana French ...more

Member Since

June 2009

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Emily Ross is the author of International Thriller Writers Thriller Awards finalist, Half in Love with Death. Her mystery thriller, Swallowtail, is forthcoming from Galiot Press in November 2025. She won the Al Blanchard best story award for her short story, “Let the Chips Fall”, which appeared in Devil’s Snare: Best New England Crime stories 2024. She is a graduate of Grub Street’s Novel Incubator and lives in Quincy, MA, with her husband and Obi-Wan Kenobi, their very playful cat.

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The Summer of Love and Death (A Ford Family Mystery, #3)

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