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H. S. Cross

H. S. Cross is the author of three novel: Amanda (Europa Editions, 2025), Grievous (FSG, 2019), and Wilberforce (FSG, 2015). She was raised in Michigan and lived many years in New York City, where she taught grades 2-12. Many of her formative experiences involved being semi-lost in the countrysides of England, Ireland, and Scotland. She currently lives in Savannah, Georgia.

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“A propellent, engaging, complex work of literature that inhabits, rather than uses, its time period... Amanda, like history itself, is truly original.”

— Chicago Review of Books, Sep 25 2025

“An intoxicating drama about two damaged individuals finding love in post-World War I England... Cross impresses with original descriptions and deft examinations of the agony and ecstasy of love. This is a book that appeals to hearts and minds.”

— Minneapolis Star Tribune, Sep 25 2025

“A historical romance of a grand, old-fashioned and very British variety, with hints of L.P. Hartley, D.H. Lawrence and Evelyn Waugh—an impressive feat.”

— The New York Times Book Review, Sep 21 2025

“Cross writes with an eloquent lyrical tone that penetrates through the storyline for a profound literary work.”

— Booklist, Sep 1 2025

“Sizzling with restrained eroticism, Amanda is about two lovers driven apart by secrets and brought together again by irrepressible need... A scintillating historical novel about the potential revival of a star-crossed love.”

— Foreword Reviews, Aug 4 2025

“Cross delivers an intense psychological drama set in the aftermath of WWI, when an English headmaster searches for the woman he fell for when he was at Oxford. It’s a nuanced tale of love and loss.”

— Publishers Weekly, Jul 15 2025

★ “That Cross’ voice—some combination of Edna O’Brien, Muriel Spark, and maybe a pinch of Jane Austen—comes from a contemporary American writer is hard to believe. Mesmerizing, haunting, hopeful.”

— Kirkus Reviews, Jun 17 2025