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Tim Crothers

Tim Crothers is a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated. He is the author of The Man Watching, the biography of University of North Carolina women’s soccer coach Anson Dorrance, and coauthor of Hard Work, the autobiography of UNC basketball coach Roy Williams. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with his wife and two children.

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The Queen of Katwe will be released on October 15, 2013 in Trade Paperback
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The Queen of Katwe will be released on October 09, 2012 in Hardcover, Audio Download, eBook
Oct 09, 2012
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Seattle Times, February 24, 2013
...“The Queen of Katwe,” by Tim Crothers, tells the true story of a young Ugandan woman whose ladder out of dire poverty is her extraordinary skill at the game of chess...
New York Times, February 8, 2013
...QUEEN OF KATWE A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girls Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster. By Tim Crothers. Scribner, $26. If you are born in Katwe, you die in Katwe: That is the prevailing sentiment among those who live in the biggest slum...
Queensland Times, February 2, 2013
...BOOK: The Queen of Katwe AUTHOR: Tim Crothers PUBLISHER: Scribe Publishing RRP: $24.95 THIS story begins in a tiny shack barely fit for one person let alone six, in the slums of Katwe outside Kampala, Uganda...
WXEL, January 3, 2013
...way to becoming a world-class chess competitor. Host Michel Martin speaks with Mutesi, her coach Robert Katende, and Tim Crothers, who chronicles her story in his new book, The Queen of Katwe. Tell Me More by NPR Staff Play Phiona Mutesi is a teenager...
WRTI 90.1 FM, December 31, 2012
...way to becoming a world-class chess competitor. Host Michel Martin speaks with Mutesi, her coach Robert Katende, and Tim Crothers, who chronicles her story in his new book, The Queen of Katwe. Tell Me More by NPR Staff Play Phiona Mutesi is a teenager...
Charlotte Observer, December 9, 2012
...World Chess Olympiad in Siberia. Although she didn?t win, she did capture plenty of national attention. When author Tim Crothers heard her story, he knew it was something extraordinary, he said. ?Everyone who reads this book is drawn to the power of this...
Los Angeles Times, December 1, 2012
...tarnished his legacy. A Story of Life, Chess, and One Extraordinary Girl's Dream of Becoming a Grandmaster Tim Crothers Scribner, $26 The inspiring story of Phiona Mutesi, a teenage chess prodigy from the slums of Kampala, Uganda. Eric Zweig Firefly,...
Charlotte Observer, May 22, 2013
...and the NHL before becoming a sports columnist for the Observer and News & Observer in August 2008. Tim Crothers is an author and former senior writer at Sports Illustrated who is joining the sports staff to write a regular column during the rest of...
Charlotte Observer, May 18, 2013
...and the NHL before becoming a sports columnist for the Observer and News & Observer in August 2008. Tim Crothers is an author and former senior writer at Sports Illustrated who is joining the sports staff to write a regular column during the rest of...
Charlotte Observer, May 14, 2013
...and the NHL before becoming a sports columnist for the Observer and News & Observer in August 2008. Tim Crothers is an author and former senior writer at Sports Illustrated who is joining the sports staff to write a regular column during the rest of...
Charlotte Observer, May 6, 2013
...and the NHL before becoming a sports columnist for the Observer and News & Observer in August 2008. Tim Crothers is an author and former senior writer at Sports Illustrated who is joining the sports staff to write a regular column during the rest of...
Charlotte Observer, May 2, 2013
...and the NHL before becoming a sports columnist for the Observer and News & Observer in August 2008. Tim Crothers is an author and former senior writer at Sports Illustrated who is joining the sports staff to write a regular column during the rest of...
Soccer America, January 15, 2013
...the most successful, by far, women’s college coach ever, said in his biography (“The Man Watching” by Tim Crothers) that: “When a man is criticized on the soccer field he understands that a coach is taking his game apart, not his life apart. A...
Charlotte Observer, January 5, 2013
...has worked since 2004, and the Observer. He is a graduate of American University and Johns Hopkins University. Tim Crothers is an author and former senior writer at Sports Illustrated who is joining the sports staff to write a regular column during the...