Author: David A. Ross

David A. Ross is an American writer, editor, and independent publisher whose books repeatedly return to travel, memory, and the pull of Greek island life. Good Morning Corfu gathers his account of moving abroad and the practical surprises of building a life on Corfu, framing expatriation as adjustment rather than escape. Calico Pennants, a revised version of his first novel The Trouble with Paradise, follows Julian Crosby through a speculative maritime story that brings Amelia Earhart into its imaginative orbit. A Winter Garden stays in Greece but adopts a quieter structure, following Doran Seeger and Modestos Thromos within the rhythms of a Corfiot village. Across the three books, Ross changes form from personal travel narrative to speculative adventure and reflective literary fiction. Escape Media and Open Books editions place the works within the independent publishing career he developed alongside editorial work. The recurring island setting is not decorative: it lets Ross examine how unfamiliar customs, weather, work, and friendship can unsettle the stories people tell about their own pasts.