Gillian Cross

1945 -

country of citizenship: United Kingdom

native language: English

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: Somerville College, University of Sussex, North London Collegiate School

occupation: writer, novelist, children's writer

award received: Carnegie Medal, Nestlé Children's Book Prize

official website: www.gillian-cross.co.uk

Gillian Claire Cross (born December 24, 1945) is a British author of children's books. She won the 1990 Carnegie Medal for Wolf and the 1992 Whitbread Children's Book Award for The Great Elephant Chase. 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. Source: Wikipedia (en)