On April 26, 2012, CC was the luncheon speaker at the Utah Library Association Conference, thanks in large part to Wanda Mae Huffaker, Librarian and Chair of the Intellectual Freedom Committee of the ULA. She is pictured here with CC at the event. Thanks, Wanda, for all your hard work.
Video courtesy of Kent District Library in Comstock Park, MI.
WELCOME...
...to author and therapy consultant Chris Crutcher's website. You'll find all the latest, authorized information on the award winning writer and his work here. If there is a new book release, a special event, a unique opportunity, you'll read about it here first.
If you'd like to write to Chris directly, he prefers email. So write to him at Stotan717@gmail.com. He'll respond to your email as soon as possible. If you write to him care of HarperCollins, his publisher, it can take weeks if not months to process that mail and get it to his home address, so write to him here if possible.
If you'd like to book Chris as a speaker at a school, library conference or other public event, be sure to contact his assistant, Kelly Halls at KellyMilnerH@aol.com. Kelly coordinates his calendar and all of his bookings. She's also glad to provide teaching and reading guides for Chris's books as PDF attachments, whenever they are available (and there is a pretty robust collection on file).
Have a picture of Chris you'd like to see on his website? Send that to Kelly, too. She maintains his website and makes all updates -- with his approval, of course. Suggestions or complaints? Send those to Kelly too. She'll do her best to make things right for you.
If you'd like to write to Chris directly, he prefers email. So write to him at Stotan717@gmail.com. He'll respond to your email as soon as possible. If you write to him care of HarperCollins, his publisher, it can take weeks if not months to process that mail and get it to his home address, so write to him here if possible.
If you'd like to book Chris as a speaker at a school, library conference or other public event, be sure to contact his assistant, Kelly Halls at KellyMilnerH@aol.com. Kelly coordinates his calendar and all of his bookings. She's also glad to provide teaching and reading guides for Chris's books as PDF attachments, whenever they are available (and there is a pretty robust collection on file).
Have a picture of Chris you'd like to see on his website? Send that to Kelly, too. She maintains his website and makes all updates -- with his approval, of course. Suggestions or complaints? Send those to Kelly too. She'll do her best to make things right for you.
TELEPHONE MAN SENDS ONE EAGLE SOARING!
March 6, 2012
Although they cannot play football like the Superbowl Champion NY Giants or sing like superstar Madonna, two members of the Carl Sandburg Speech Team are headed for Indianapolis in June to compete in the National Forensic League national competition.
Qualifying for the national tournament are juniors Patrick Kelly (right) and Rahul Jacob (left). Kelly is competing Dramatic Interpretation with a cutting from the short story Telephone Man by Chris Crutcher, about a mentally challenged teen who begins to question his father's racist views.
Competing in Humorous Interpretation, Jacob is presenting a selection from the hit musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
The duo will head off for Indianapolis with Head Coach Dan Sackett on June 10 and compete during the following week.They will have a chance to prove they too are superstars.
Courtesy of the Trib Local.
Although they cannot play football like the Superbowl Champion NY Giants or sing like superstar Madonna, two members of the Carl Sandburg Speech Team are headed for Indianapolis in June to compete in the National Forensic League national competition.
Qualifying for the national tournament are juniors Patrick Kelly (right) and Rahul Jacob (left). Kelly is competing Dramatic Interpretation with a cutting from the short story Telephone Man by Chris Crutcher, about a mentally challenged teen who begins to question his father's racist views.
Competing in Humorous Interpretation, Jacob is presenting a selection from the hit musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.
The duo will head off for Indianapolis with Head Coach Dan Sackett on June 10 and compete during the following week.They will have a chance to prove they too are superstars.
Courtesy of the Trib Local.
At HarperCollins in NYC -- January 2012
Read about his adventure on the 23rd floor HERE. Notice the book cover art for PERIOD 8? For a closer look, click HERE. And check out the PW preview HERE.
JESUS WAS A COMMIE: A Short Film by Matthew Modine
"This is WELL worth watching."
CC
NEWS BRIEFS
EUGENE, OREGON BIG READ
On March 10, CC discussed intellectual freedom at the Eugene, OR BIG READ. Check out his KLCC NPR interview about the subject. And check out Suzi Steffen's interview at her Literary Duck blog, HERE. Steffen also wrote a Twitter overview of the BIG READ presentation HERE.
GIRL MEETS BOY
... featuring an original short story by Chris Crutcher. Available from Chronicle Books NOW. For more about the book, click HERE.
HUFFINGTON POST
CC s now a columnist for the The Huffington Post:
HUFFINGTON POST COLUMN: To Meghan Cox Gurdon and the WSJl
HUFFINGTON POST COLUMN: About the Censors: How They Do It
HUFFINGTON POST COLUMN: Bullying
too hot for the HUFFINGTON POST COLUMN : We are McQueary (but you can read it HERE.)
NEW CC INTERVIEW
With Rosi Hollenbeck at "The Write Stuff," HERE.
LOVE ANGUS?
The film based on "A Brief Moment in the Life of Angus Bethune," from ATHLETIC SHORTS. This website offers a free look at the classic movie.
CHICAGO TALKS Q&A
Check out a new banned books interview with CC HERE.
RIDER HIGH SCHOOL JOURNALIST
... Meghan Myracle in Wichita Falls, Texas reviewed DEADLINE in the Rider Chronicle. Check it out HERE. Thanks, Meghan!
SATURDAY, January 7 at 1:00 pm!
Chris Crutcher and Kelly Milner Halls as they discuss GIRL MEETS BOY, a short story collection Kirkus called "A superb offering," on Saturday, January 7 at the Tinman, Too Bookstore in the historic Garland District of Spokane., WA.
