![]() She is now a full-time writer who often travels and gives talks in connection with her work. īefore becoming a full-time writer, Cross held several different jobs, including acting as an assistant to a Member of Parliament. A Map of Nowhere was highly commended for the 1988 Carnegie and she won the Medal two years later for Wolf (Oxford, 1990). ![]() It was highly commended for the 1982 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British subject. She also completed The Dark Behind the Curtain, a horror story illustrated by David Parkins and published by Oxford University Press. Three years later she inaugurated The Demon Headmaster series of seven books (1982 to 2002). She married Martin Cross in 1967, and they had four children: Jonathan, Elizabeth, Anthony, and Katherine.Ĭross's first published book was The Runaway. She was educated at North London Collegiate School, Somerville College, Oxford, and the University of Sussex. Gillian Clare Arnold was born in London on 24 December 1945 to James Eric and Joan Emma Arnold. She also wrote The Demon Headmaster book series, which was later turned into a television series by the BBC in January 1996 a sequel series was produced in 2019. ![]() She won the 1990 Carnegie Medal for Wolf and the 1992 Whitbread Children's Book Award for The Great Elephant Chase. Gillian Cross (born 1945) is a British author of children's books. ![]()
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