Helen Cross (author)

Helen Cross (born 1967, Newbald) is an English writer best known for her 2001 book 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 2012 BBC Audio Drama Awards.