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Helen Cross (author)

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Helen Cross(born 1967) is an English author.

Biography[edit]

She was raised in theEast Riding of Yorkshireand educated atGoldsmiths, University of London(BA) and theUniversity of East Anglia(MA, 1998).

Cross's first novel,My Summer of Love,was published in 2001 and was the winner of aBetty Trask Awardin 2002. It was made intoan acclaimed filmdirected byPaweł Pawlikowskiand starringEmily BluntandNatalie Press.She also wroteThe Secrets She Keeps,published in 2005. These two books are set inYorkshire.Her third and latest novel,Spilt Milk, Black Coffee,was published in 2009.

Helen Cross lives inBirminghamwith her partner Andy, and her two daughters, Kendra and Cleo. She tutors at the Arvon centre.

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