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name: Brian  Crawford
about: Born and raised in Athens, Georgia, Brian Crawford received his undergraduate degree in French and German from the University of Georgia. While a junior, he spent a year studying language, literature, translation, and simultaneous interpretation in Lyon, France, at the Université Jean-Moulin Lyon III, also taking advantage of his location to visit Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and the Czech Republic. A voracious reader of Camus, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Goethe, Grass, Twain, Poe, Rousseau, and Voltaire, Brian would spend his time in between classes in Lyon and Athens jotting notes that he hoped one day to develop into a novel.After receiving his undergraduate degree, Brian completed a dual M.A. in French Literature and Modern German Culture from I Born and raised in Athens, Georgia, Brian Crawford received his undergraduate degree in French and German from the University of Georgia. While a junior, he spent a year studying language, literature, translation, and simultaneous interpretation in Lyon, France, at the Université Jean-Moulin Lyon III, also taking advantage of his location to visit Italy, Switzerland, Germany, and the Czech Republic. A voracious reader of Camus, Dostoevsky, Kafka, Goethe, Grass, Twain, Poe, Rousseau, and Voltaire, Brian would spend his time in between classes in Lyon and Athens jotting notes that he hoped one day to develop into a novel.After receiving his undergraduate degree, Brian completed a dual M.A. in French Literature and Modern German Culture from Indiana University. While a graduate student, he took a deep academic interest in the Holocaust and its impact on literature and film, with his graduate thesis examining the challenges faced by post-WWII German authors in creating authentic Jewish characters, i.e., ones not defined by stereotypes. This early research laid the foundation for ideas that he would later put into practice in writing 'The Weaver's Scar.'Brian speaks five languages, three fluently, and he learned basic Kinyarwanda as he was researching and writing 'The Weaver's Scar.' Brian has written as a hobby since he was in sixth grade, when a short story of his was published in his school's newspaper and won honorable mention in the school's writing contest. Since graduate school, Brian has written poems, essays, a short play, and he has completed three novels, but only sought publication for one. He is currently working on another historical young adult novel set in Europe during World War II, as well as a collection of travel essays based on his time in Rwanda.Brian is a resident of Seattle, Washington, where he teaches 7th- and 8th-grade Language Arts. He has two sons who are the joy of his life. In his spare time he loves to run, play with his sons, read, listen to opera, and learn foreign languages. ...more