Frank Ross (PA)

Frank Ross AM7185
Smart Communications/PADOC
SCI Phoenix
P.O.Box 33028
St. Petersburg, FL 33733

Kathryn Fanning, an editor/lecturer and a native of Oklahoma, had the most influence on developing Frank Ross’s craft, though he always adds with a chuckle, “She was a severe taskmaster”. Ms. Fanning has denied it. A reporter, after interviewing both Fanning and Ross, stated she believed his side of the story. But whether he writes about a good ol’ boy trying to pursue a hooker to go away with him; a monster-hunting Vietnam Vet; an ill-fated first love of a little boy; a prisoner working in a vacant house who falls in love with a ghost; or the collection’s title character, Nora, a black woman who can pass for while but insists on being colored in 1890 America – the folks who are in these tales go a long way to bare their souls to him.