Dana Fuller Ross is a house name used by two prolific and successful authors, Noel B. Gerson and James M. Reasoner. Gerson is known for his expertise in writing historical novels, particularly those involving westerns and mysteries. He has written a significant number of novels under various pseudonyms, including Paul Lewis, Nicholas Gorham, Leon Philips, Donald Clayton Porter, Philip Vail, Caster A. Vaughan, Michael Burgess, and Anne Marie Burgess. In total, Gerson has written up to 325 novels under both his own name and his pseudonyms.
James Reasoner is an American writer who has authored over 150 books and many short stories in his career spanning more than three decades. He has used at least nineteen pseudonyms, including Dana Fuller Ross, Jim Austin, Peter Danielson, Terrance Duncan, Tom Early, Wesley Ellis, Tabor Evans, Jake Foster, William Grant, Matthew Hart, Livia James, Mike Jameson, Justin Ladd, Jake Logan, Hank Mitchum, Lee Morgan, J.L. Reasoner (with his wife), Adam Rutledge, and Jon Sharpe. Reasoner's books were mostly written as part of various existing Western fiction series, and many of his pseudonyms were publishing "house" names that may have been used by other authors who contributed to those series.
The pseudonym Dana Fuller Ross was used by both Gerson and Reasoner to publish western and historical fiction novels. Some of the series published under this house name include the Wagons West series, The Holts: An American Dynasty series, and a couple of standalone novels. Gerson's specialty in historical military novels, westerns, and mysteries, combined with Reasoner's expertise in writing Western fiction, made Dana Fuller Ross a successful and popular house name for these series.