Author Archives: Emily Ross

About Emily Ross

Emily Ross is the author of Half in Love with Death, an International Thriller Writers Awards finalist. She won the Al Blanchard best story award for her story, “Let the Chips Fall”, which appeared in Devil’s Snare: Best New England Crime stories 2024. Her mystery thriller, Swallowtail, is coming from Galiot Press in November 2025. She is a graduate of Grub Street’s Novel Incubator.

Finding the Right Title

It’s almost a rite of passage to have to change the title of your book when it sells to a publisher, and I fully expected that to happen to me. I figured it would be just one more step in…

10 Ways to Paint a Portrait With Words

I often struggle with describing my characters. Right now, I’m banging my head against a wall trying to describe a teenage boy who has visions as more than a blond hunk. This is all the more frustrating because my mother…