Author Rodney Ross lives, writes, and sweats in south Florida.

His debut novel The Cool Part Of His Pillow won First Place in the GLBT Fiction category from both the Indie Excellence Awards and the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, Silver Medalist in the 2013 Global EBook Awards, and Honorable Mention in the 2012 Rainbow Book Awards.

Other works include Otis, Bended Knee, and a non-fiction contribution in The Other Man. A trio of essays from the collection are being adapted into a play; Rodney’s work is one of the three.

Past achievements include an optioned screenplay and play, both currently unproduced. Other screenplays earned Honorable Mentions or runners-up citations in the Monterey County Film Commission, FADE-IN, and the LGBT One-In-Ten Screenwriting Competitions. Ross was also cited as Most Creative in the Key West Mystery Fest Writing Competition.

He is a producer of the Amazon documentary, The Little Firemen.

For more information, please visit rodneytross.com.