Diana Ross (author)

Diana Patience Beverly Ross was an English children's author. A graduate of the Central School of Art in London, she also worked on sculpture and graphic arts and illustrated several of her own books under the name of her cat, Gri.

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Life and work

Ross was born in Malta, where her father was in command of. She was educated in Britain and in Paris, and read history at Girton College, Cambridge.
In her early twenties, Ross worked at the Grenfell Mission orphanage in St. Anthony, Newfoundland, and would later help Wilfred Grenfell to research his The Romance of Labrador, as well as drawing the book's illustrations.
Beginning with The Little Red Engine Gets a Name, followed by The Story of the Little Red Engine and seven more volumes, Ross created a series of picture books which followed the adventures of the same character. Jan Le Witt and George Him provided the illustrations for the first volume and Leslie Wood its sequels.
Ross had several of her short works read for BBC Radio broadcasts for children, and wrote several volumes of modern fairy tales for older children. She also had an uncredited part in the creation of the BBC children's television series Camberwick Green.

Selected works

The Beetle who Lived Alone, illustrated by Margaret KayeThe Little Red Engine Gets a Name, illustrated by Lewitt and HimThe Story of Louisa, illustrated by Margaret KayeThe Story of the Little Red Engine, illustrated by Leslie WoodWhoo Whoo the Wind Blew, illustrated by Leslie WoodThe Little Red Engine goes to Market, illustrated by Leslie WoodEbenezer the Big Balloon, illustrated by Leslie WoodThe Little Red Engine Goes to Town, illustrated by Leslie WoodWilliam and the Lorry, illustrated by Shirley HughesThe Little Red Engine Goes Home, illustrated by Leslie WoodThe Little Red Engine Goes Travelling, illustrated by Leslie WoodThe Merry-Go-Round, illustrated by Shirley HughesOld Perisher, illustrated by Edward ArdizzoneThe Little Red Engine Goes to be Mended, illustrated by Leslie WoodThe Little Red Engine and the Taddlecombe Outing, illustrated by Leslie WoodThe Little Red Engine Goes Carolling, illustrated by Leslie Wood