Biography chris crutcher

American novelist and family therapist

Chris Crutcher (born July 17, 1946) is an Americannovelist and a family therapist. He received the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the American Library Association in 2000 for his lifetime contribution in writing for teens.

Biography

Crutcher was born July 17, 1946, to a World War IIB17 bomber pilot and a homemaker in Dayton, Ohio.^[1][3] A few weeks after his birth, his father gave up flying and the family moved to his mother's hometown of Cascade, Idaho, where his father could open an oil and gas wholesale business and he could grow up.^[3]

After graduating from high school, Crutcher attended Eastern Washington State College (now Eastern Washington University) where he swam competitively and earned a BA in psychology and sociology.^[3] With no post-graduation plans or prospects, he went back to Eastern and got a teaching certificate.

Crutcher taught at several primary and seconda