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Jeff Ross

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Hamilton, Canada
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Young Adult, Mystery & Thrillers, Crime

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Jeff Ross is an award-winning author of thirteen novels for young adults.

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Average rating: 3.49 · 854 ratings · 180 reviews · 14 distinct works • Similar authors
Set You Free
3.55 avg rating — 499 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions
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I Dare You
2.78 avg rating — 78 ratings — 2 editions
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Coming Clean
3.43 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions
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Dawn Patrol
4.03 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions
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The Drop
3.42 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
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A Dark Truth
3.60 avg rating — 35 ratings — 4 editions
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Above All Else
3.63 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions
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Powerslide
3.65 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions
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Up North
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I once asked a good friend how many books she thought I'd end up publishing. She thought about it for some time and came up with 10. So hopefully I don't get hit by a bus today because I have just sold my 10th book to Orca. The yet unnamed novel is also my first sequel. Rob from Coming Clean is the protagonist. He and his mother have moved 'Up North' to be closer to where Adam has be

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The Memory Brokers: Where Memories Are Currency, and Truth Is the Most Dangerous Commodity. (The Veridia Chronicles Book 1)
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