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Rebecca Ross is an American bestselling author of fantasy novels for teens and adults, widely admired for her lyrical prose, romantic emotional depth, atmospheric world-building, and ability to weave myth, war, magic, music, letters, and longing into stories that feel both intimate and epic. Raised in Georgia, Ross studied English at the University of Georgia and worked in several roles before becoming a full-time novelist, including as a school librarian, a live-time captionist, and at a Colorado dude ranch. Those varied experiences help explain the grounded texture of her fiction: even when her books contain gods, enchanted islands, ancient spirits, magical letters, or royal courts, they remain deeply concerned with work, memory, family, ordinary courage, and the quiet discipline of people trying to survive difficult times. Ross made her debut with “The Queen’s Rising” in 2018, a young adult fantasy novel about ambition, education, loyalty, history, and a young woman’s search for purpose within a divided political world. She continued that story in “The Queen’s Resistance” in 2019, expanding her early interest in female agency, hidden histories, royal legitimacy, resistance, and the emotional cost of leadership. Her standalone novels “Sisters of Sword & Song” and “Dreams Lie Beneath” further developed her reputation for elegant fantasy shaped by sibling devotion, inherited burdens, enchantments, curses, and the idea that stories can become a form of power. With the “Elements of Cadence” duology, “A River Enchanted” and “A Fire Endless,” Ross moved into adult fantasy and reached a broader audience. Set on the magical isle of Cadence, the duology draws on Scottish-inspired folklore, clan rivalries, elemental magic, music, and the mystery of missing girls, while also exploring marriage, grief, family estrangement, duty, and reconciliation. These books show Ross at her most atmospheric: wind carries secrets, songs can summon spirits, and landscapes are alive with both beauty and danger. Her greatest global breakthrough came with the “Letters of Enchantment” duology, beginning with “Divine Rivals” in 2023 and continuing with “Ruthless Vows” later that year. “Divine Rivals” follows Iris Winnow and Roman Kitt, rival journalists whose magical correspondence unfolds against the backdrop of a devastating war between gods. The novel blends epistolary romance, newsroom rivalry, battlefield reporting, family loss, and mythic conflict into a story that became a major favorite among readers of young adult fantasy and romantasy. “Ruthless Vows” deepened that world by examining the aftermath of war, separated lovers, altered memory, political manipulation, divine cruelty, and the enduring power of words to reach across fear and distance. Both novels became major bestsellers, and “Divine Rivals” won the 2023 Goodreads Choice Award for Best Young Adult Fantasy, while “Ruthless Vows” won the same award in 2024. Ross is also known as a #1 New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times bestselling author whose books have been translated into more than thirty languages, making her one of the most visible contemporary voices in romantic fantasy. In 2025 she published “Wild Reverence,” a standalone prequel set in the “Letters of Enchantment” world long before Iris and Roman’s story, expanding the mythology of gods, mortals, love, power, and sacrifice. Rebecca Ross now lives in Northeast Georgia with her husband and dog, and her authorial identity is closely associated with wistful fantasy, tender romance, strong yet vulnerable heroines, beautiful sentences, and stories where writing, music, memory, and love become acts of defiance.