Gillian Cross

Gillian Cross
Gillian Cross
Born	Gillian Clare Arnold; 24 December 1945
Occupation	author
Nationality	British
Education	North London Collegiate School; Somerville College, Oxford (BA, 1969; MA, 1972); University of Sussex (Ph.D., 1974);
Genre	children's books
Notable works	The Demon Headmaster (1982–2019); Chartbreak (1986); Wolf (1990); The Great Elephant Chase (1992); Tightrope (1999);
Notable awards	Carnegie Medal (1990)
Spouse	Martin Cross (m. 1967)
Children	4

Gillian Claire Cross (born 24 December 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.