Mary Cross (born 1934) is an American professor, editor, writer and biographer. She has written several books including biographies of figures such as Henry James and

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. Madonna biography was reviewed by '' New York Post'' as "fast, accurate and concise", became widely quoted and translated. Cross is

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of English at Fairleigh Dickinson University, and she has taught at the

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and University of Delaware. Cross has a PhD from Rutgers University and a BA from the University of Michigan. As an editor, she publisher various works, including ''100 People Who Changed 20th-Century America''.

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