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Gillian Cross

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British children's author

United KingdomWritersBorn 1945 · age 80
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Gillian Claire Cross 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.

Awards 2

1992Nestlé Children's Book Prize
1990Carnegie Medal

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About this person

Gillian Claire Cross 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.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1945 · age 80
Written about in
9 languages

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