Ross Murphy Ross Murphy grew up in the Washington D.C. suburb of Alexandria, Virginia. He attended Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia until he completed the degree requirements in 1971 for a BSc in Business Management. Ross has worked in a number of different fields including road construction, painting and decorating, mortgage banking and marketing consultancy. In the spring of 1994, Ross immigrated to the Republic of Ireland where he presently lives alone in the small town of Kilcullen, County Kildare. He is the father of two daughters: Siobhan, living in Cape Cod, Massachusetts and Aishling, residing in County Kildare. You Will Never Dance Alone is Ross’ first novel.