What is Ian Cross?
{{Infobox person | name = Ian Cross | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CMG|size=100%}} | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = Ian Robert Cross | birth_date = {{Birth date|1925|11|6|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Masterton]], New Zealand | death_date = {{Death date and age|2019|11|2|1925|11|6|df=y}} | death_place = [[Kapiti Coast]], New Zealand | spouse = {{marriage|Tui Tunnicliffe|1952|2019|end=her death}} | children = 4 | occupation = Writer | alma_mater = | genre = | notable works = ''[[The God Boy]]'' | awards = }} '''Ian Robert Cross''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CMG|size=85%}} (6 November 1925 – 2 November 2019)<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/journalist-and-author-ian-cross-dies |title=Journalist and author Ian Cross dies |date=3 November 2019|work=Otago Daily Times |access-date=3 November 2019}}</ref> was a New Zealand novelist, journalist and administrator. His first novel, ''[[The God Boy]]'', was released in 1957. Later novels are ''The Backward Sex'' (1959), ''After ANZAC Day'' (1961) and ''The Family Man'' (1993). ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Ian}} [[Category:1925 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:New Zealand journalists]] {{bio-stub}}