Mary Cross
American professor, editor, writer and biographer
About Mary Cross
Born 1934. Mary Cross is an American writer, university teacher and scholar of English.
Mary Cross (born 1934) is an American professor, editor, writer and biographer. She has written several books including biographies of figures such as Henry James and Madonna. Her book Madonna: A Biography was reviewed by New York Post as "fast, accurate and concise", became widely quoted and translated. Cross is professor emerita of English at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and she has taught at the City University of New York and University of Delaware. Cross has a PhD from Rutgers University and a BA from the University of Michigan. As an editor, she publisher various works, including 100 People Who Changed 20th-Century America.
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American professor, editor, writer and biographer
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Mary Cross was born in 1934.
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Mary Cross is a writer, university teacher and scholar of English.
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