Gillian Cross

Gillian Claire Cross (born December 24, 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. Provided by Wikipedia