Helen Cross (other)
Helen Cross may refer to: * Helen Cross (author) (born 1967), English author * Helen Cross (politician), Australian politician * Helen Cross (physician) Judith Helen Cross (born 1961) is a British physician who is the Prince of Wales's Chair of Childhood Epilepsy and Honorary Consultant in Paediatric Neurology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust. She is also direct ...

Helen Cross (author)
Helen Cross (born 1967, Newbald) is an English writer best known for her 2001 book ''My Summer of Love (novel), My Summer of Love''. In addition to novels, Cross also writes audio dramas, primarily for BBC Radio 4, and teaches creative writing and podcasting at Leeds Beckett University and the Arvon Foundation. Her 2012 ''Blue Eyed Boy'', an audio play about her father's childhood, was a finalist for the Innovation Award at the BBC_Audio_Drama_Awards#2012, 2012 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Biography Helen Cross was born and raised in Newbald, East Yorkshire, England. Her father was born Lawrence Duncombe and was evacuated to Willerby, East Riding of Yorkshire, Willerby during The Blitz. He was adopted by a childless family and was separated from his birth family until adulthood. Cross used this as the basis of her 2012 radio drama ''Blue Eyed Boy'', which was styled as a documentary on BBC Radio 4. It was short-listed an Innovation Award at the BBC_Audio_Drama_Awards#2012, 2012 BBC Au ...
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Helen Cross (politician)
Helen Cross was an Australian politician and was a member of the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Molonglo, initially for the Liberal Party, and then later as an Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in Pennsylvania, United States * Independentes (English: Independents), a Portuguese artist .... Cross was elected to the ACT Legislative Assembly at the 2001 election. On 23 September 2002, she resigned from the Liberal Party and remained in the Assembly, from 27 September 2002, as an independent member. Cross ran on her own ticket of the 'Helen Cross Independents' at the 2004 ACT general election; however, she was unsuccessful in defending her seat. She had an accident in 2014 with her husband David, which caused both of them ongoing health concerns. Cross ran unsuccessfully again for the assembly in ...
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