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Gillian Cross

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Gillian Cross was born in 1945. Although she is now a full-time writer, she has had a number of informal jobs, including being an assistant to a Member of Parliament. Her books include Wolf (Carnegie Medal 1990), The Great Elephant Chase (Whitbread Children's Book Award, Smarties Prize, 1992) and the titles in the 'Demon Headmaster' sequence, which was also made into a TV series.

Books by Gillian Cross
The Goose Girl: A Magic Beans Story
Gillian Cross

A short story from the Magic Beans series, packed full of drama, magic and revenge...

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Magic Beans: A Handful of Fairytales from the Storybag
Adèle Geras, Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Henrietta Branford, Jacqueline Wilson, Malorie Blackman, Tony Mitton, Alan Garner, Berlie Doherty, Gillian Cross, Kit Wright, Michael Morpurgo, Susan Gates, Linda Newbery

Beautiful retellings of favourite fairytales by the best-loved writers for children.

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