Leone Ross is a British novelist and short story writer. She was born in London and studied English Literature at the University of Sussex. Her debut novel, Orange Laughter, was published in 2004 and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Her other works include the novels All the Blood Is Red and This Is Where We Came In, as well as the short story collections The Iceberg and Other Stories and The Stone Thrower and Other Stories. Ross has been praised for her vivid and lyrical writing style, and her work has been translated into several languages. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the Society of Authors.