Emily Ross is a published 17-year-old author based in Maryland. Her debut adventure novel, "IFON Academy," is the first of a fiction series. Her flash fiction work, "To Help A Lily Last," was published by the Ephemeral Gazette and Marigold Literacy, and she received a 1st-place award in the 2024 Henrietta Lacks Legacy Group's Essay & Video Competition. She serves as a writer and editor for the Trailblazer Times, and regularly shares written excerpts on her website.
