Charles R. Cross
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Charles R. Cross is a journalist
and author
of seven books based in Seattle. He was the Editor of The Rocket Magazine in Seattle for fifteen years during the height of the Seattle music mania. He is also the founder of Backstreets Magazine
, a periodical for fans of Bruce Springsteen
, and editor of Springsteen: the Man and His Music, a compilation of Backstreets articles. His 2001 biography
of Kurt Cobain
, titled Heavier Than Heaven
was winner of the 2002 ASCAP Award for Outstanding Biography. Cross is also the author of another book focused more on Cobain's creative and artistic life called Cobain Unseen published in 2009. His most recent release, as of 2009, is entitled Led Zeppelin: Shadows Taller Than Our Souls published by It Books, a division of Harper Collins.
In 2004, while conducting research for his 2005 biography of Jimi Hendrix, entitled Room Full Of Mirrors - A Biography Of Jimi Hendrix, Cross rediscovered the gravesite of Jimi Hendrix
's mother, Lucille Jeter Hendrix, in an abandoned section of Greenwood Memorial Park, where Jimi Hendrix himself is buried in an elaborate granite memorial. The gravesite of Lucille Hendrix was lost because the standard welfare marker of her day, an inscribed brick, became buried in decades of mud from the area's notorious heavy rains. Cross delivered a moving eulogy for Lucille when a proper headstone was dedicated at the site.
Universal Pictures
has acquired the rights to Heavier Than Heaven, which is now being made into a film. This is the first film to be made from Cross' work. His Hendrix book has also been optioned.
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and author
Author
An author is broadly defined as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created. Narrowly defined, an author is the originator of any written work.-Legal significance:...
of seven books based in Seattle. He was the Editor of The Rocket Magazine in Seattle for fifteen years during the height of the Seattle music mania. He is also the founder of Backstreets Magazine
Backstreets Magazine
Backstreets Magazine is a published quarterly Bruce Springsteen fanzine that has been covering the music of Springsteen and other Jersey Shore sound artists since 1980.- History :...
, a periodical for fans of Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen , nicknamed "The Boss," is an American singer-songwriter who records and tours with the E Street Band...
, and editor of Springsteen: the Man and His Music, a compilation of Backstreets articles. His 2001 biography
Biography
A biography is a detailed description or account of someone's life. More than a list of basic facts , biography also portrays the subject's experience of those events...
of Kurt Cobain
Kurt Cobain
Kurt Donald Cobain was an American singer-songwriter, musician and artist, best known as the lead singer and guitarist of the grunge band Nirvana...
, titled Heavier Than Heaven
Heavier Than Heaven
Heavier Than Heaven is the name of a 2001 biography of musician Kurt Cobain, the frontman of the grunge band Nirvana. It was written by Charles R...
was winner of the 2002 ASCAP Award for Outstanding Biography. Cross is also the author of another book focused more on Cobain's creative and artistic life called Cobain Unseen published in 2009. His most recent release, as of 2009, is entitled Led Zeppelin: Shadows Taller Than Our Souls published by It Books, a division of Harper Collins.
In 2004, while conducting research for his 2005 biography of Jimi Hendrix, entitled Room Full Of Mirrors - A Biography Of Jimi Hendrix, Cross rediscovered the gravesite of Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
's mother, Lucille Jeter Hendrix, in an abandoned section of Greenwood Memorial Park, where Jimi Hendrix himself is buried in an elaborate granite memorial. The gravesite of Lucille Hendrix was lost because the standard welfare marker of her day, an inscribed brick, became buried in decades of mud from the area's notorious heavy rains. Cross delivered a moving eulogy for Lucille when a proper headstone was dedicated at the site.
Universal Pictures
Universal Pictures
-1920:* White Youth* The Flaming Disc* Am I Dreaming?* The Dragon's Net* The Adorable Savage* Putting It Over* The Line Runners-1921:* The Fire Eater* A Battle of Wits* Dream Girl* The Millionaire...
has acquired the rights to Heavier Than Heaven, which is now being made into a film. This is the first film to be made from Cross' work. His Hendrix book has also been optioned.