Chris Crutcher

Chris Crutcher
Chris Crutcheris an American novelist and a family therapist. He received the Margaret Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2000 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth17 July 1946
CountryUnited States of America
awful biggest book gets happens language life meant problem scene
It's the scene in the book that probably gets the most attention, ... The biggest problem is that she is yelling, and in the book it's in big font. This is what happens all the time: They read the language and don't read the context. It's meant to let you know how awful her life is.
against book death experience kids life perfect rub value
The value of a story like 'Deadline' is kids get to look at death at the perfect distance. They can put the book down. They can experience the story, rub up against it, but it's not real life.
thinking life-sucks doe
If you think your life sucks, it probably does. Do something about it.
life-is love-each-other ifs
...we can say we love each other if my life is better because you're in it and your life is better because I'm in it.
life
Nothing about life is sacred until we make it so.
life origins until
My early life had a lot to do with my origins as a writer, but I didn't get into doing any writing at all until I was about 35 years old.
hard life love
It's hard to imagine my life not writing. I love it.
evidence giving life taking universe
As much as we'd like to think life is sacred, there's not a lot of evidence for that. The universe is maddeningly casual, giving and taking it.
discover forced high life man span year
'Deadline' is the story of a young man forced to discover who he is, and what's important in life, during the short span of his senior year in high school.
abuse families judge lesson life neglect taught therapist until
My years as a therapist working with abuse and neglect families taught me at least one important lesson for my own life. Never judge until you can see through the eyes of that person you are judging, and then... never judge.
kids throughout worked
With all the kids that I have worked with throughout the years, I couldn't find one that wasn't like me in a way.
attention high school span
I was pretty anti-academic, and I wasn't much of a student. I had a really short attention span and did not get a lot out of high school academically. I think college was a little the same way.
address allowing bullies dent include predators simply ways
If we're going to make a real dent in the bullying issue, we're going to have to address the bullies themselves: find ways to help empower them that don't include allowing them to be predators or to simply be punished.
color daddy eat love toys until
She thought if she could get the color off, her daddy would love her, ... She didn't get to eat with the other kids. She couldn't play with the toys until they were broken.