Ross Feld

Ross Feld, 1957 - 2001 Ross Feld was born in Brooklyn, New York and graduated from the City College of New York. He started his career in 1968 as a copy editor for Time-Life Books before becoming an Editor at Grove Press. From 1978 till 1994, Feld reviewed fiction at Kirkus Reviews and was a toon meer contributor to various art fiction and poetry publications such as Parnassus. His first book of poetry was published in 1972 and is entitled "Plum Poems." Feld is the author of four novels, "Years Out" published in 1973, "Only Shorter" published in 1982, a story about his first escape from cancer, "Shapes Mistaken" published in 1989 and "Zwilling's Dream" published in 1999 and optioned for a movie. "Zwilling's Dream" was named one of the best books of 1999 by The Los Angeles Times. Ross Feld died on May 9 in his home town of Cincinatti at the age of 53. The cause of death was pneumonia related to cancer. toon minder