Donna Woolfolk Cross
Donna Woolfolk Cross (born 1947 in New York City ) is an American writer .
Live and act
Cross grew up in New York City. After studying English literature, she worked in the publishing industry, among other things. Today she lives a few hours drive north of the city in New York State and teaches creative writing at Onondaga College. The work Die Päpstin , published in 1996, is the author's first novel , the rights of which she subsequently granted for the production of a cinema and TV film (2009) and a musical (2011). Her previous publications were non-fiction books and guides dealing with conversation training and communication .
Fonts
- Word abuse. How the Words We Use Use Us , 1979 ( ISBN 978-0-698-10906-3 )
- together with William Woolfolk: Daddy's Little Girl. The Unspoken Bargain Between Fathers and Their Daughters , 1983 ( ISBN 978-0-13-196279-8 )
- Mediaspeak. How Television Makes Up Your Mind , 1984 ( ISBN 978-0-451-62802-2 )
- together with James MacKillop: Speaking of Words. A Language Reader , 1986 ( ISBN 978-0-03-003953-9 )
- Pope Joan , 1996 (German The Popess Roman , 1996; ISBN 978-0-345-41626-1 [English] or ISBN 3-7466-1400-7 [German])
Audio books
- The Popess. Read by Barbara Rudnik , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin, 2004, ISBN 978-3-89813-299-2 , (reading, abbreviated, 4 CDs, 308 min.)
- The Popess. Spoken by Angelica Domröse and Hilmar Thate , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin, 2000, ISBN 978-3-89813-069-1 , (radio play 2 CDs, 150 min.)
Web links
- Literature by and about Donna Woolfolk Cross in the catalog of the German National Library
- A short biography (en.)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cross, Donna Woolfolk |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City |