Orna Ross

Aine McCarthy (born 1960) is an Irish author who writes under the pen name Orna Ross. A former university lecturer, she is an advocate for "creativism", a term she coined about "the conscious application of creative principles to everything in life". She is the founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors, a professional association for authors who self-publish, and has been named one of the 100 most influential people in publishing by The Bookseller, a UK publishing trade magazine.