Zola Helen Ross


Zola Helen Ross was an American 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.

Selected publications

Three Down VulnerableOverdue For DeathOne Corpse MissingBonanza QueenTonopah LadyReno CrescentThe Green LandCassy ScandalThe Golden WitchA Land To Tame
  • ''Spokane Saga''

Using pseudonym Helen Arre

The Corpse By The RiverNo Tears At The FuneralWrite It MurderThe Golden Shroud
  • ''Murder By The Book''

Using pseudonym Bert Iles

  • ''Murder In Mink''

Co-authored with McDonald

The mystery of Castesby IslandStormy yearFridays̓ childMystery of the long housePigtail pioneerWing HarborThe courting of Ann MariaAssignment in AnkaraWinter's answerThe stolen letters
  • ''The sunken forest''