Adam Ross was born and raised in New York City and attended the Trinity School, where he was a state champion wrestler. A child actor, he has appeared in movies, commercials, and television shows, as well as on radio dramas such as The Eternal Light and E.G. Marshall's Mystery Theater. He graduated with departmental honors in English from Vassar College and holds an M.A. and M.F.A. in creative writing from Hollins University and Washington University respectively, where he studied with Richard Dillard, Stanley Elkin, and William Gass. Ross and his wife relocated to Nashville in 1995, where they continue to reside with their two daughters. From 1999-2003, he was a feature writer and special projects editor for the Nashville Scene, the city's alternative weekly. His column, Mondo Nashville, covered the city's local oddballs and off-kilter luminaries. His cover stories ranged in subjects from the city's porn king, Al Woods, to race relations, to interviews with homegrown movie star, Reese Witherspoon. He also wrote extensively on books and film. His nonfiction has been published in The Nashville Scene, The New York Times Book Review, NFocus, P.O.V., The Wall Street Journal, The Daily Beast, and Jungle Law. His fiction has appeared in The Carolina Quarterly.Visit his website at http://adam-ross.com/