Neil Cross
Encyclopedia
Neil Cross is a Booker Prize nominated novelist, crime writer and television
scriptwriter
born and raised in the United Kingdom
, and now living in Wellington
, New Zealand
.
, Cross grew up in Edinburgh
with his mother and stepfather, Derek Cross. After that relationship broke up, Cross returned to Bristol
as a teenager, attending Brislington Comprehensive school. He later went to Leeds University, before beginning work in the publishing industry. In 2002 he moved to Wellington, New Zealand with his wife Nadya and their family. While living in New Zealand, he has continued writing, and also has written for television, including being the lead writer for the BBC TV series Spooks
. Cross also wrote an episode for Season One of The Fixer
.
Television
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scriptwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
born and raised in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, and now living in Wellington
Wellington
Wellington is the capital city and third most populous urban area of New Zealand, although it is likely to have surpassed Christchurch due to the exodus following the Canterbury Earthquake. It is at the southwestern tip of the North Island, between Cook Strait and the Rimutaka Range...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
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Life
Born in BristolBristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
, Cross grew up in Edinburgh
Edinburgh
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland, the second largest city in Scotland, and the eighth most populous in the United Kingdom. The City of Edinburgh Council governs one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas. The council area includes urban Edinburgh and a rural area...
with his mother and stepfather, Derek Cross. After that relationship broke up, Cross returned to Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...
as a teenager, attending Brislington Comprehensive school. He later went to Leeds University, before beginning work in the publishing industry. In 2002 he moved to Wellington, New Zealand with his wife Nadya and their family. While living in New Zealand, he has continued writing, and also has written for television, including being the lead writer for the BBC TV series Spooks
Spooks
Spooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 – 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a...
. Cross also wrote an episode for Season One of The Fixer
The Fixer (TV series)
The Fixer is a British drama television series, produced by Kudos for ITV. Set in modern Britain, it follows the life of an ex-British Special Forces soldier arrested by police after he killed his aunt and uncle following his discharge from the military...
.
Television writing
- SpooksSpooksSpooks is a British television drama series that originally aired on BBC One from 13 May 2002 – 23 October 2011, consisting of 10 series. The title is a popular colloquialism for spies, as the series follows the work of a group of MI5 officers based at the service's Thames House headquarters, in a...
- LutherLuther (TV series)Luther is a British psychological crime drama television series starring Idris Elba as the title character Detective Chief Inspector John Luther. A first series of six episodes was broadcast on BBC One from 4 May to 8 June 2010. The second series of four episodes was shown on BBC One in summer 2011...
- The FixerThe Fixer (TV series)The Fixer is a British drama television series, produced by Kudos for ITV. Set in modern Britain, it follows the life of an ex-British Special Forces soldier arrested by police after he killed his aunt and uncle following his discharge from the military...
External links
- http://authors.simonandschuster.co.uk/Neil-Cross/62680187/author_revealedNeil Cross profile on official Simon & SchusterSimon & SchusterSimon & Schuster, Inc., a division of CBS Corporation, is a publisher founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster. It is one of the four largest English-language publishers, alongside Random House, Penguin and HarperCollins...
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- 'Neil Cross' entry in British Crime Writing: an encyclopedia, edited by Barry Forshaw