Background
Ian Cross was born on November 6, 1925 in Masterton, New Zealand.
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Ian Cross was educated at Wanganui Technical College (now Whanganui City College).
(It is the haunting tale of a young boy called Jimmy Sulli...)
It is the haunting tale of a young boy called Jimmy Sullivan growing up in a catholic household, seeing things he shouldn't and struggling to cope.
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Ian Cross was born on November 6, 1925 in Masterton, New Zealand.
Ian Cross was educated at Wanganui Technical College (now Whanganui City College).
Ian Cross was a newspaper reporter from 1943 to 1956, at The Dominion (1943-1947 and chief reporter 1951-1956), the Panamá América (1947-1949) and the Southern Cross (the Labour Party newspaper, 1949-1950). He was public relations manager for Feltex New Zealand from 1961 to 1972.
His contribution to New Zealand literature extends to his work on various boards, his critical commentaries and his various roles in the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC). Cross was an editor of the New Zealand Listener from 1973 to 1977, chairman of the NZBC between 1977 and 1984 and chief executive from 1984 to 1986.
During his career, he wrote a number of books, including his first novel "The God Boy", which was released in 1957 to critical acclaim. His later novels are "The Backward Sex" (1959), "After ANZAC Day" (1961) and "The Family Man" (1993).
In addition, in 1988 Cross published "The Unlikely Bureaucrat", a non-fiction memoir. Another memoir was released in 2007 called "Such Absolute Beginners".
(It is the haunting tale of a young boy called Jimmy Sulli...)
1957Ian Cross fought an ongoing battle with Prime Minister Muldoon who was openly critical of what he perceived as anti-government bias in TV One's news and current affairs departments. Relations with the Opposition were equally fraught, with David Lange saying that one of the first tasks of a Labour Government would be to make Cross "history".
Currently, Ian Cross remains a fierce opponent of New Zealand's television model, ruing both the lack of a non-commercial channel and what he regards as an over-commercialisation and resultant dumbing down of the medium.
Ian Cross married Tui Tunnicliffe in 1952. They have four sons.