Gillian Cross

Gillian Cross

Gillian Cross (born 1945, in London) is a children's author. She won the 1990 Carnegie Medal for her book "Wolf" and the 1992 Whitbread Awards in the Children's category for her book The Great Elephant Chase.

She also wrote The Demon Headmaster series of books that were later turned into television series by the BBC.

Bibliography

* "The Iron Ways" (1979)
* "Revolt at Ratcliffe's Rags" (1980)
* "A Whisper of Lace" (1981)
* "The Dark Behind the Curtain" (1982)
* The Demon Headmaster series:
# "The Demon Headmaster" (1982)
# "The Prime Minister's Brain" (1985)
# "The Revenge of the Demon Headmaster" (1994)
# "The Demon Headmaster Strikes Again" (1996)
# "The Demon Headmaster Takes Over" (1997)
# "Facing the Demon Headmaster" (2001)
"Beware of the Demon Headmaster" (2002)
* "Born of the Sun" (1983)
* "On the Edge" (1984)
* "The Runaway" (1986)
* "Swimathon!" (1986)
* "Chartbreak" (US title: "Chartbreaker") (1986)
* "Roscoe's Leap" (1987)
* "A Map of Nowhere" (1988)
* "Rescuing Gloria" (1989)
* "Wolf" (1990)
* "The Monster from Underground" (1990)
* "Twin and Super-Twin" (1990)
* "The Mintyglo Kid" (1991)
* "Gobbo the Great" (1991)
* "Rent-a-Genius" (1991)
* "Save Our School" (1991)
* "The Great Elephant Chase" (1992)
* "The Tree House" (1993)
* "The Furry Maccaloo" (1993)
* "Beware Olga!" (1993)
* "What Will Emily Do?" (1994)
* "New World" (1994)
* "The Crazy Shoe Shuffle" (1995)
* "Posh Watson" (1995)
* "Pictures in the Dark" (1996)
* "The Roman Beanfeast" (1996)
* "The Goose Girl" (1998)
* "Tightrope" (1999)
* "Down with the Dirty Danes!" (2000)
* "Calling a Dead Man" (US title: "Phoning a Dead Man") (2001)
* "The Treasure in the Mud" (2001)
* Dark Ground trilogy "aka" The Lost trilogy:
# "The Dark Ground" (2004)
# "The Black Room" (2005)
# "The Nightmare Game" (2006)
* "Sam Sorts It Out" (2005)
* "Brother Aelred's Feet" (2007)

External links

* [http://www.gillian-cross.co.uk/ Official Website]
* [http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/gillian-cross/ Gillian Cross at Fantastic Fiction]


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