About Michael L. Ross Michael L. Ross (1936-2024) was professor emeritus at McMaster University and the author of Designing Fictions: Literature Confronts Advertising. Books by Michael L. Ross Words in Collision Multilingualism in English-Language Fiction by (author) Michael L. Ross Designing Fictions Literature Confronts Advertising by (author) Michael L. Ross Race Riots Comedy and Ethnicity in Modern British Fiction by (author) Michael L. Ross