Gillian Cross: Author

After studying at Oxford and Sussex universities, Gillian began writing for children and her first books were published in 1979.  Since then, she has published over thirty books, which have been translated into many languages and won many awards (The Great Elephant Chase won the Whitbread Children’s Book Award).  Her Demon Headmaster books have been dramatised into a BBC television series.  Today she tours throughout the UK, providing talks to children, parents, librarians and teachers and has been invited to many countries to speak about her work. 

Favourite books: Include Waterland by Graham Swift, Tulku by Peter Dickinson, Sea Room by Adam Nicolson, From the Holy Mountain by William Dalrymple, Crow by Ted Hughes, The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett.