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A good Cambodian girl never dates; she waits for her family to arrange her marriage to a Cambodian boy.

Born in Corvallis, Oregon Atttended Garfield Elementary School Highland View Junior High Corvallis High School Lewis & Clark College University of Oregon..

Linda Crew

American novelist

Linda Crew (born 1951) is an American author based in Oregon.

She is best known for Children of the River, first published in 1989, about a thirteen year old girl who flees Cambodia with her aunt's family, leaving her family behind for a better life in Oregon.

Career

Crew's first book, a young adult novel Children of the River, was published in 1989.

Linda Crew is the award-winning author of nine novels and now, two memoirs--one, a harrowing accoung of the perils of physician-prescribed drugs.

Linda Crew (born 1951) is an American author based in Oregon.

Born in Corvallis, Oregon Atttended Garfield Elementary School Highland View Junior High Corvallis High School Lewis & Clark College University of Oregon.

Linda Crew is a recipient of the IRA Children's Book Award and the SCBWI Golden Kite Award, and her books have been named ALA Notables as well as ALA Best.

Linda Crew does a terrific job of describing how life changes for refugees to the U.S. She is particularly clear about the tension in families when teenagers.

The book was very well received and has won several awards.^[1] Crew's writing ranges from children's books such as the "Nekomah Creek" series, to young adult historical novels with crossover appeal for older readers such as Brides of Eden: A True Story Imagined,Fire on the Wind, and A Heart for Any Fate: Westward to Oregon 1845.

Ordinary Miracles, published by William Morrow in 1993, is an adult novel. ^[2]

Personal life

Crew grew up in Corvallis, Oregon, graduating from Corvallis High School. After high school, Crew studied at Lewis & Clark College.

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