Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Amanda McKittrick Ros

Born: December 8, 1860
Died: February 2, 1939 (aged 78)
Bio: Anna Margaret Ross, known by her pen-name Amanda McKittrick Ros, was an Irish writer. She published her first novel Irene Iddesleigh at her own expense in 1897. She wrote poetry and a number of novels.
Known for:
- Irene Iddesleigh (1897)
- Delina Delaney (1898)
- Fumes of Formation (1933)
- Poems of Puncture (1912)
- Helen Huddleson