Later novels are The Backward Sex (1959), After ANZAC Day (1961) and The Family Man (1993).
[1] Cross was born in Masterton and educated at Wanganui Technical College.
He was editor of the New Zealand Listener from 1973 to 1977, chairman of the NZBC between 1977 and 1984 and chief executive from 1984 to 1986.
He was president of several organisations, including the Indecent Publications Tribunal (1964–1967), PEN (1968–1972), the QEII Arts Council (1968–1972), and the National Commission for UNESCO (1969–1972).
He died at Paraparaumu on 2 November 2019, having been predeceased by his wife a month earlier.