Name Donna Cross Role Writer | Parents Dorothy Woolfolk Movies Pope Joan | |
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Education University of Pennsylvania Books Pope Joan, Word abuse, Speaking of Words Similar People Sonke Wortmann, James MacKillop, Jordis Triebel |
"Pope Joan" Q&A Part 1 with Donna Woolfolk Cross at 15th Berlin & Beyond Film Festival
Donna Woolfolk Cross (born 1947) is an American writer and the author of the novel Pope Joan, about a female Catholic Pope from 853 to 855. She is the daughter of Dorothy Woolfolk, a pioneering woman in the American comic book industry, and of novelist William Woolfolk.
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- Pope Joan QA Part 1 with Donna Woolfolk Cross at 15th Berlin Beyond Film Festival
- Ywca welcomes best selling author donna woolfolk cross
- Biography
- References

Ywca welcomes best selling author donna woolfolk cross
Biography

Donna Woolfolk Cross received her bachelor's degree in English from the University of Pennsylvania in 1969, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She worked as an editorial assistant for the London, England, publishing company W.H. Allen and Company, then returned to the U.S. to work for the New York City advertising agency Young & Rubicam. She returned to college to earn a master's degree in Literature and Writing from UCLA. She later became a full-time author, and has published four non-fiction books and one novel.

