The book was described on BBC Radio 4's A Good Read as 'incredibly rare, extraordinary'. Maggie Gee in The Times Literary Supplement characterised Ross as 'a pointilliste, a master of detail', and in a review for The Guardian, Bernardine Evaristo described the collection as 'remarkable' and 'outrageously funny', saying: 'Ross writes here with searing empathy and compassion.The effect is mesmerising, shocking, unforgettable'. Ross's first short-story collection, Come Let Us Sing Anyway, published in 2017 ( Peepal Tree Press), was widely acclaimed. Her second novel, Orange Laughter, was published in the UK by Anchor Press, in the United States by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and Picador, and in France by Actes Sud. It was nominated for the Orange Prize in 1997. Her first novel, All The Blood Is Red, was published by Angela Royal Publishing in 1996. After graduating from the University of the West Indies in 1990, Ross returned to England to do her master's degree in International Journalism at City University, in London, where she now lives. When she was six years old, Ross migrated with her mother to Jamaica, where she was raised and educated. Leone Ross was born in Coventry, England. Leone Ross (born 26 June 1969) is a British novelist, short story writer, editor, journalist and academic, who is of Jamaican and Scottish ancestry. University of the West Indies City University Novelist, short story writer, editor, journalist and academic

Ross leads a 2022 discussion for the British Library

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