Leone Ross FRSL (born 26 June 1969)[1] is a British novelist, short story writer, editor, journalist and academic, who is of Jamaican and Scottish ancestry.

[5] Her second novel, Orange Laughter, was published in the UK by Anchor Press, in the United States by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and Picador, and in France by Actes Sud.

In 2009, Wasafiri magazine placed Ross's second novel, Orange Laughter, on its list of 25 Most Influential Books from the previous quarter-century.

She has represented the British Council in the United States, South Korea, Slovakia, Romania, Sweden, and across the UK.

[9][10] Her short fiction and essays have been widely anthologised, including in the Brown Sugar erotica series, which zoomed to number three on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List.

Other US collections featuring her work include Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora and The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror (14th Edition).

[12] She has judged the Spread the Word London Short Story Prize with agent Emma Paterson, the V. S. Pritchett Award (twice) with novelist Candice Carty-Williams and Philip Hensher, the Mslexia Short Fiction award with novelist Sunny Singh, and for several years, the Wimbledon Bookfest Competition.