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    <updated_at>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:00:24 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Actually Chris Crutcher was mentored by Terry Davis, not the other way around.  When Chris was working at an alternative school (as the director) in Oakland, California, Davis was a Stegnar Fellow at Stanford across the bay.  They went running together often in those days and talked about Davis's work in progress, a book called VISION QUEST.  As they discussed those chapters, as Chris saw Davis work magic with his revisions, he basically learned how a book evolved and came together.  It was after this experience he began to realize he, too, could be an author.  So Davis mentored Chris.  <br/><br/>Kelly  : ) ]]></body>
        
    
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          <body><![CDATA[Right, Beth. When I read an early draft, it had a different title.  Sorry.  Eeek.  : )]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:36:04 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[From Bendigo Weekly<br/><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bendigoweekly.com/ThreadView.aspx?tid=20145" title="http://www.bendigoweekly.com/ThreadView.aspx?tid=20145">http://www.bendigoweekly.com/ThreadView....</a><br/><br/>Dinosaur Parade is a cleverly compiled text omprising of both fiction and non-fiction elements. Engaging an expansive audience, the book is rythmic in text, and vibrantly illustrated throughout. Developmentally appealing to the growing child, it houses a glossary of terms, index and informative time-line. Providing answers to a century of questions, but most importantly, motivating many more, Dinosaur Parade is waiting for inquiring young folk to enter its prehistoric world.<br/><br/>Thanks Bendigo Weekly!  : ) ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:10:51 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[You'll LOVE the new one I'm working on -- IN SEARCH OF SASQUATCH.  I've spent over a year following the most credible experts in North America all over the Pacific Northwest (I like in Spokane) and the evidence they present is hard to deny.  You might find it more compelling, because I am focused on ONE Cryptid, rather than many.  So the depth of information will be greater -- on that one animal.  <br/><br/>But believe me, I read and referenced DOZENS of adult Cryptozoology books before I wrote Tales of the Cryptids.  And almost none of what I wrote was rehashed old information.  I tend to go right to the source for fresh interviews, and I'm proud of Tales.  But the new one will be kick butt, too.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 23:06:07 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Well, you nailed it.  Since we only had so many pages to cover a LOT of material, this was meant to be an introduction to Cryptozoology, not an in depth exploration.  But wait until you read my new book, IN SEARCH OF SASQUATCH for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (Fall 2011).  I've spent a solid year following Bigfoot hunters, interviewing scientists and eye witnesses, chasing down the beast myself.  It's going to be a book that offers real evidence from absolutely credible experts.  The information blew my socks off.  It should be a MUST for anyone who thinks Sasquatch may be real...food for thought for those who think it's a hoax.  Hard ot dismiss a LOT of this information.  Can't wait to share it with you all.<br/><br/>Kelly Milner Halls]]></body>
        
    
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