Jack Ross

Born on Auckland's North Shore, Ross was raised and educated in the East Coast Bays. After completing degrees in English and Italian at the University of Auckland, Ross was given a Commonwealth Scholarship to study in the UK in and was awarded a PhD in English and Comparative Literature by the University of Edinburgh. He is a Lecturer specialising in Academic and Creative Writing at Massey University's Albany campus. From 2002 to 2005 Ross was editor of the literary magazine brief. He has also edited other literary magazines The Pander (co-editor 1998–99), Spin (co-editor 1999–2003), Landfall (guest editor: issue 214, 2007), and Poetry NZ (guest editor: issue 38, 2008).

• City of Strange Brunettes. (Auckland: Pohutukawa Press, 1998) [poems] • (with Gabriel White) A Town like Parataxis. (Auckland: Perdrix Press, 2000) [poems / photos] • Nights with Giordano Bruno. (Wellington: Bumper Books, 2000) [novel (R.E.M. Trilogy, 1)] • (with Gabriel White) The Perfect Storm. (Auckland: Perdrix Press, 2000) [poems / video] • The Writing Skills Workshop. prod. Robert van der Vyver (Otago University: Higher Education Development Centre, 2001) [workbook / video] • Chantal's Book. (Wellington: HeadworX, 2002) [poems] • Monkey Miss Her Now. (Auckland: Danger Publishing, 2004) [short stories] • Trouble in Mind. (Auckland: Titus Books, 2005) [novella] • A Bus Called Mr Nice Guy. (Auckland: Perdrix Press, 2005) [poems / travelogue] • The Imaginary Museum of Atlantis. (Auckland: Titus Books, 2006) [novel (R.E.M. Trilogy, 2)] • To Terezín. Social and Cultural Studies, 8. ISSN 1175-7132 (Auckland: Massey University, 2007) [poems / travelogue] • Papyri: Love Poems & Fragments from Sappho. (Auckland: Soapbox Press, 2007) • EMO. (Auckland: Titus Books, 2008) [novel (R.E.M. Trilogy, 3)] • The Return of the Vanishing New Zealander.. (Dunedin: Kilmog Press, 2009) [poems] • Kingdom of Alt.. (Auckland: Titus Books, 2010) [short stories / novella] Jack Ross has also edited and co-edited a number of publications.