![]() In early 2014, Cross became a patron for the Leamington Spa-based charity Cord, after their work in Sudan inspired her latest novel, After Tomorrow. She is now a full-time writer who often travels and gives talks in connection with her work. ![]() A Map of Nowhere was highly commended for the 1988 Carnegie and she won the Medal two years later for Wolf (Oxford, 1990).īefore becoming a full-time writer, Cross held several different jobs, including acting as an assistant to a Member of Parliament. 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). Actor Terrence Hardiman, best known for playing the title role in the CBBC series The Demon Headmaster, has died at the age of 86. 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 on Decemto parents Eric and Joan Arnold. ![]()
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