Leone Ross

 

Job Title: Senior Lecturer (Creative Writing) Qualifications: BA (Hons), MA Telephone: +44 (0)20 8392 3257 Email Address: L.Ross@roehampton.ac.uk

Intro

I am a novelist and short story writer who has worked as a
professional editor, gave up a long career in the media (TV,
magazines, newspapers) and has, over a period of careful
reflection and patient hair-pulling, learned how to help
fledgling writers to get better. It takes determination, craft and
a small pinch of magic.

Office Hours (QB026)

Mondays 4-6
Tuesdays 2-6
Thursdays 4-6

Responsibilities

I am co-convenor of the Creative Writing programme, with
responsibility for first-year students in particular (although
not exclusively).
I teach Writing Fiction and have taught Life Writing within this
programme. As Fiction Module Convenor I am also
responsible for overseeing the content and quality of all
fiction modules (Writing Fiction, Writing for Children, Writing
Dystopian Fiction, Writing Crime Fiction, Fiction & Innovative
Form).

Interests/Expertise

Writing the Novel
Writing Short Fiction
Feature Writing
Erotic Fiction
Speculative Fiction (sci-fi, fantasy, magic realism)
interview technique
20th Century African-American and Black British Literature
20th Century Latin-American Literature
Women's Politics
Human sexuality

Publications

(2006) The Heart Has No Bones: A Short Story, Incommunicado.

ed. Rajeev Balasubramanyaman (2005) Breakfast Time: A Short Story, Tell Tales, 2.

ed. Roddy Doyle (2004) Breathing: A Short Story, Spoonface & Other Stories, 4.

ed. Carol Taylor (2004) Contract: A Short Story, Brown Sugar: Opposites Attract, 3.

Ed. Gerald Dawe (2004) President Daisy: A Short Story, The Fellowship Series, 1.

editor Carol Taylor (2003) Art, For Fuck's Sake: A Short Story, Brown Sugar Anthology Series (Great One Night Stands), 2.

(2002) How Many Storeys (nonfiction), .

ed. (2002) Mudman: A Short Story, Time Out London Short Stories, 2.

(2001) Covenant: A Short Story, Obsidian 111: Catch A Fire.

(2001) Facade: A Short Story, England Calling: 24 Stories for the 21st Century , 1.

(2001) Tasting Songs: A Short Story, The Best of Horror and Sci Fi: Fourteenth Annual Collection, 14.

ed Leone Ross & Yvonne Brissett (2001) Whispers In The Walls: New Black & Asian Voices From Birmingham, .

(2000) Black Narcissus: Memoir, IC3: A Penguin Collection of Black British Writing.

(2000) Drag: A Short Story, Brown Sugar: A Collection of Black Erotica, 1.

Publishers: Angela Royal Publishing/Anchor Books-Transworld/Farrar, Straus & Giroux (USA)/Picador (USA)/Actes Sud (France) (2000) Orange Laughter: A Novel, .

(2000) The People, Insight Guide to Jamaica.

(1997) And You Know This: A Short Story, Wild Ways: Stories of Women on the Road.

(1996) All The Blood Is Red: A Novel, .

(1996) Phonecall to a Rape Crisis Centre: A Short Story, Burning Words, Flaming Images.

(1995) Born Fi Dead, Born Fi Dead: Journey into the Jamaican drug trade.

(1988) Various poems, Creation Fire.

Other courses taught at Roehampton: