Author & Consultant Chris Crutcher
BREAKING NEWS: CHRIS CRUTCHER IS BOISE BOUND!
Chris will be speaking in Boise, Idaho on September 10, 11 and 12, 2010. He'll do area school visits on Friday, September 10, the SCBWI Utah S. Idaho Regional Conference on Saturday, September 11, and he'll do a writing workshop at the Boise Public Library on Sunday, September 12. For more information, email his assistant, kellymilnerh@aol.com.
Welcome...
...to author and therapy consultant Chris Crutcher's revamped 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.
July 13, 2010 -- Penn State/Harrisburg teachers' Invitational Summer Institute presentation (Courtesy of Flickr).
Students at Manhasset Middle School in New York did a videoconference with Chris on May 28, 2010.
More than 30 years ago, Chris taught at Kamiakin High School in Washington State. On May 5, he spoke with these students attending the school now, along with several other local gatherings. Who says you can't go home again?
April 2010 panel for the Texas Library Association Conference -- with Matt de la Pena (photo courtesy of Laura on Flickr.