What's new Spring 2008?
My editorial debut, Lace and Blade is now available! Order from amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, or through your local bookstore.
This anthology of elegant, witty, sensual romantic fantasy features stories from such authors and Tanith Lee, Catherine Asaro, Sherwood Smith, Mary Rosenblum, Madeleine E. Robins, Chaz Brenchley, Dave Smeds, Diana L. Paxon, and Robin Wayne Bailey.
"Lace and Blade offers a banquet of adventure, intrigue and romance. There's something here to delight the palate of every reader's inner swashbuckler!" — Jacqueline Carey
"Packed with compelling, entertaining, and engaging stories! Outstanding anthology with an intriguing theme." — Jennifer Roberson
Convention appearances: ConDor in San Diego CA, Feb. 29-Mar. 3, 2008.
BayCon, San Jose CA, May 23-26, 2008
Welcome to the home page of Deborah J. Ross -- writer, teacher, martial artist, library fairy-godmother, dancer, mother, ex-chiropractor, refugee from Los Angeles. I started writing as Deborah Wheeler, and you can still find my books and short stories under that name. To find out more, click on Past Lives.
My misspent youth was passed in California and Oregon, growing my hair long, protesting everything and gathering useless academic degrees (bachelors in biology, masters in psychology, doctorate in chiropractic) before realizing the true "work of my heart" was storytelling. In between all this, I studied martial arts (tai chi chuan with Marshall Ho'o and kung fu san soo with Jimmy H. Woo), taught physiology, lived in France, struggled to maintain a literary career as a single working mom. Now I live in a redwood forest with my second husband, writer Dave Trowbridge, and work part time as a medical assistant to a cardiologist to give my brain a break from writing.