Rebecca Ross is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times bestselling author of fantasy books for teens and adults. She has written multiple highly acclaimed novels, including Wild Reverence, Divine Rivals, Ruthless Vows, A River Enchanted, A Fire Endless, Dreams Lie Beneath, Sisters of Sword & Song, The Queen’s Resistance, and The Queen’s Rising. Her books have been translated into thirty-one languages and are international bestsellers. When not writing, she can be found in her garden where she plants wildflowers and story ideas. She resides in Northeast Georgia with her husband, her dog, and a friendly flock of chickens.
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Rebecca Ross grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, where she soon became a voracious reader and longed to find a portal to Narnia. That quest eventually led her to the University of Georgia, where she graduated with her degree in English. Before she dared to take her writing seriously, she worked at a Colorado dude ranch, as house cleaner, as a school librarian, and as a live-time captionist for a college. At the end of 2014, she had an epiphany where she saw herself as a seventy-year-old mortal who had never dedicated herself to writing, despite the fact that it had always been her first love. The image was striking–a regret in the making–and Rebecca began to follow her childhood aspiration of writing a novel and becoming published, as impossible as it sounded. Working a full-time job, she carved out the time to write on weekends, in the evenings, in the pre-dawn hours, and on lunch breaks. Page by page, a novel soon came together. It was a messy first attempt of a fantasy book but a good trial run.
On a cold January night in 2015, she began to write The Queen’s Rising. Within 48 days, she had a first draft. By August, she had an agent. By October, she had a three book deal with HarperCollins. It was a life-changing whirlwind.
Rebecca is now the #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times best selling author of fantasy novels for both teen and adult readers alike, and her works include Wild Reverence, Divine Rivals, Ruthless Vows, A River Enchanted, A Fire Endless, Dreams Lie Beneath, Sisters of Sword & Song, The Queen’s Resistance, and The Queen’s Rising. Her books have been published into thirty-one languages, reaching readers around the globe, and have become international bestsellers as well as received starred trade reviews. Divine Rivals was a Locus Award nominee in 2024. It is also currently in the works to be adapted for film with Paramount Pictures.
A coffee lover with a penchant for vintage typewriters, antiques, and all things hand-lettered, Rebecca lives with her husband, a friendly flock of chickens, and a frisbee-addicted Australian Shepherd in the Appalachian foothills of Northeast Georgia, where she grows an abundance of weeds in her garden as well as wildflowers and new story ideas. Come say hello on Instagram @beccajross.
Photography credit to Rachel G. White.
