# Mary Cross > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mary_Cross > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Mary_Cross.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Cross > Source revision: 1330256897 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American professor, editor, writer and biographer}} '''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](/source/Henry_James){{harv|Cross|1993}} and [Madonna](/source/Madonna). Her book ''Madonna: A Biography'' was reviewed by ''[New York Post](/source/New_York_Post)'' as "fast, accurate and concise",{{Citation needed | reason=quote not found on book, someone would need to find the NYP article to make sure this quote is accurate | date= November 2025}}{{Cite book| edition = Annotated| publisher = Greenwood| isbn = 978-0-313-33811-3| last = Cross| first = Mary| title = Madonna: A Biography| location = Westport, Conn| date = 2007-05-30}} became widely quoted{{Cite web| last = Foreman| first = Katya| title = Madonna: Material girl| accessdate = 2017-10-12| url = http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20150310-material-girl-madonna|publisher=[BBC](/source/BBC)|quote=In Madonna: A Biography, author Mary Cross describes how the eldest daughter in a brood of eight...}}{{Cite journal| doi = 10.1017/S0261143008362254| issn = 1474-0095| volume = 27| issue = 3| pages = 522–525| last = Rambarran| first = Shara| title = Madonna: A Biography (Greenwood Biographies). By Cross Mary. Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2007. 120 pp. ISBN 0-313-33811-6)| journal = Popular Music| accessdate = 2017-10-12| date = 2008| url = https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/popular-music/article/madonna-a-biography-greenwood-biographies-by-cross-mary-connecticut-greenwood-press-2007-120-pp-isbn10-0313338116-hb-bob-marley-a-biography-greenwood-biographies-by-moskowitz-david-v-connecticut-greenwood-press-2007-124-pp-isbn-9780313338793-hb-billie-holiday-a-biography-greenwood-biographies-by-greene-meg-connecticut-greenwood-press-2007-122-pp-isbn-0313336296-hb-elvis-presley-a-biography-greenwood-biographies-by-tracy-kathleen-connecticut-greenwood-press-2007-140-pp-isbn-0313338272-hb-the-words-and-music-of-david-bowie-the-praeger-singersongwriter-collection-by-perone-james-e-connecticut-praeger-publishers-2007-198-pp-isbn10-0275992453-hb-the-words-and-music-of-john-lennon-the-praeger-singersongwriter-collection-by-urish-ben-and-bielen-ken-connecticut-praeger-publishers-2007-187-pp-isbn10-0275991806-hb/E86E1E86AAB341AD67AC5D80A8723782| url-access = subscription}} and translated.{{Cite web| title = Мадонна. История жизни| work = Ozon.ru| accessdate = 2017-10-12| url = https://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/22286459/ |language=ru}} Cross is [professor emerita](/source/professor_emerita) of English at [Fairleigh Dickinson University](/source/Fairleigh_Dickinson_University),{{cite web| title = Faculty and Administration| publisher=[Fairleigh Dickinson University](/source/Fairleigh_Dickinson_University)| access-date = August 8, 2022| url = https://www.fdu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/grad-faculty-and-administration.pdf|page=275}} and she has taught at the [City University of New York](/source/City_University_of_New_York) and [University of Delaware](/source/University_of_Delaware).{{Cite web| title = 100 People Who Changed 20th-Century America| accessdate = 2017-10-12| url = http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A3125C| archive-date = 2017-10-13| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171013013019/http://www.abc-clio.com/ABC-CLIOCorporate/product.aspx?pc=A3125C| url-status = dead}} Cross has a PhD from [Rutgers University](/source/Rutgers_University) and a BA from the [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan). As an editor, she publisher various works, including ''100 People Who Changed 20th-Century America''. ==Publications== *{{Cite book|ref=none| publisher = American Management Association| isbn = 978-0-8144-5898-3| last = Cross| first = Mary| title = Persuasive Business Writing: Creating Better Letters, Memos, Reports, and More| date = 1987| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/persuasivebusine0000cros}} *{{Cite book| publisher = Springer| isbn = 978-1-349-22661-0| last1 = Cross| first1 = Mary| title = Henry James: The Contingencies of Style| date = 1993}} *{{Cite book|ref=none| publisher = Praeger| isbn = 978-0-275-95351-5| last = Cross| first = Mary| title = Advertising and Culture: Theoretical Perspectives| date = 1996-01-01| url-access = registration| url = https://archive.org/details/advertisingcultu0000unse_y7i0}} *{{Cite book|ref=none| publisher = ABC-CLIO, LLC| isbn = 978-0-313-36124-1| last = Cross| first = Mary| title = A Century of American Icons: 100 Products and Slogans from the 20th-Century Consumer Culture| date = 2002-10-01}} *{{Cite book|ref=none| publisher = Greenwood Publishing Group| isbn = 978-0-313-33811-3| last = Cross| first = Mary| title = Madonna: A Biography| date = 2007}} *{{Cite book|ref=none| publisher = ABC-CLIO| isbn = 978-0-313-38484-4| last = Cross| first = Mary| title = Bloggerati, Twitterati: How Blogs and Twitter are Transforming Popular Culture| date = 2011-06-30}} *{{Cite book|ref=none| publisher = ABC-CLIO| isbn = 978-1-61069-086-7| last = Cross| first = Mary| title = 100 People Who Changed 20th-Century America [2 volumes]| date = 2013-01-07}} *{{Cite book|ref=none| publisher = ABC-CLIO| isbn = 978-1-4408-5054-7| last = Cross| first = Mary| title = The Emotional Life of Money: How Money Changes the Way We Think and Feel| date = 2017-09-30}} ==References== {{reflist|30em}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Mary}} Category:1934 births Category:Living people Category:Celebrity biographers Category:20th-century American biographers Category:American women biographers Category:21st-century American biographers Category:21st-century American women writers Category:20th-century American women writers Category:Fairleigh Dickinson University faculty {{US-bio-writer-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Mary Cross](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Cross) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Cross?action=history)). 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