Biography: Cross, Ian Robert

Aspiring novelist

Ian Cross as a young man, seated, in a suit jacket and tie, facing the camera.

Ian Cross, photographed in 1958 during his brief career as a novelist.

Using this item

Reference: EP/1958/2266-F

by <i>Evening Post</i> photographer

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Ian Richards. 'Cross, Ian Robert', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2022. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47637/aspiring-novelist (accessed 4 June 2026).