Chris+Crutcher

= CHRIS CRUTCHER =

**__Childhood__**- Chris Crutcher was born in Cascade, Idaho. Which is a small lumber and logging town in the mountains of Idaho. His High school was so small, that if you played sports, you had to play all of them. Crutcher was not a great reader when he was a kid. He only finished one book of fiction in High school. He also played sports. And that is who Chris Crutcher is.
 * __Education and Job Experience__**- Chris Crutcher studied sociology and physcology in college where he was also a competitve swimmer. He reciverd his B.A degree from Eastern Washington State College in 1968. He began teaching in 1970. He taught from 1973 to 1976 at Lakeside school in Oakland, Calafornia. He then became director of the school, and served from 1976 - 1981. He began writing fiction after leaving Lakeside School.
 * __Family and Personal life-__** He didnt know if he wanted to be a teacher or a writer at first. He went to college to be a teacher. However after teaching for a couple of years he decided that he was tired of the urban life, and decided to write fiction. After finishing the book running lose he decided to stick with writing seriously.
 * __Books and Other Titles__**- His first book was __running lose__. After that book he decided finally that he was best at writing. He also has some other great titles such as __Staying Fat for Sarah Barnes.__ Another book would be the __Crazy Horse Electric game.__ Which are basically his main titles.