Zola Helen Ross, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Zola Helen Ross

writer

Date of Birth: 09-May-1912

Date of Death: 20-Nov-1989

Profession: novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Zola Helen Ross (May 9, 1912 – November 20, 1989) (née Girdey) was a Pacific Northwest writer.
She also taught writing and co-founded the Pacific Northwest Writers Association with Lucile Saunders McDonald of The Seattle Times.
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.
The Pacific Northwest and the Great Basin are the settings for her stories, and they include the towns of Reno, San Francisco, and Seattle.
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.
She was married to William Frank Ross, and lived in Seattle, Washington.