title: Ronald Anthony Cross
text: # Ronald Anthony Cross
  
  Ronald Anthony Cross (September 12, 1937, Hollywood – March 1, 2006, Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles, California) was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He published his first science fiction story in 1973.
  
  ## Works
  
  ### The Eternal Guardians
  
  * The Fourth Guardian, Tor Books, March 1994, ISBN 0-312-85634-2
  * The Lost Guardian, Tor Books, April 1995, ISBN 0-312-85862-0
     * Paperback edition: Tor Books, August 1996, ISBN 0-8125-1595-1
  * White Guardian, Tor Books, May 1998, ISBN 0-312-85863-9
  
  ### Standalone novels
  
  * Prisoners of Paradise, Franklin Watts, October 1988, ISBN 0-531-15083-6
  