William Edward Daniel Ross was born on November 16, 1912, in
Saint John,
New Brunswick,
Canada, the son of Laura (née Brooks) and William Edward Ross. In 1934, he moved to the United States to study. He married Charlotte McCormack in 1944, and worked for years as an actor, as the manager of an acting company, and in broadcasting. After his wife died in 1959, he returned to Saint John. In 1960, he married for the second time, to nurse Marilyn Ann Clark. At about this same time, he began writing novels, and found rapid success. Ross appeared as himself on the January 31, 1966 episode of the
CBS game show
To Tell the Truth. He received two votes. His second wife, Marilyn, served as the first reader of his works, and "Marilyn Ross" was one of his favorite pseudonyms. He died in Saint John on November 1, 1995, aged 82; he was survived by his wife. ==Bibliography==