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Katie Crouch

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Literature & Fiction, Mystery, Humor and Comedy

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Katie Crouch is the New York Times bestselling author of Girls in Trucks, Men and Dogs, and Abroad. Embassy Wife was optioned and is currently in development with 20th Television for series. She has also written essays for The New York Times, Slate, Salon, and Tin House. A former resident of Namibia and San Francisco, Crouch now lives in Vermont with her family and teaches creative writing at Dartmouth College.

Follow her on Instagram at @katiecrouchwrites.

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Average rating: 3.17 · 21,918 ratings · 3,269 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Girls in Trucks 2.84 avg rating — 9,204 ratings — published 2008 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Embassy Wife 3.70 avg rating — 3,702 ratings — published 2021 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Men and Dogs 3.06 avg rating — 3,688 ratings — published 2010 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Magnolia League (Magnolia League, #1) 3.38 avg rating — 2,803 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Abroad 3.42 avg rating — 1,468 ratings — published 2014 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The White Glove War (Magnolia League, #2) by Katie Crouch (Goodreads Author), Grady Hendrix (Goodreads Author) 3.70 avg rating — 961 ratings — published 2012 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Book on the Table: Flash Fiction by Celeste Ng (Goodreads Author), Etgar Keret (Goodreads Author), Katie Crouch (Goodreads Author) 3.75 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2018	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	AIDS Anthology of Writings by Katie Crouch (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Emily Shei (Editor), Nick Pawlowski (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1993	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El Marlín y la Sirena Protegen la Bahía by Daniel R. Ford, Katie Crouch (Goodreads Author) (Translation) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Without a bellyful of liquor, all I am is a woman who cracks stupid jokes to make up for being shy.”
― Katie Crouch, Girls in Trucks

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“I watched, hoping she wouldn't come out too broke. It's all you can do for people sometimes, no matter how much you love them.”
― Katie Crouch, Girls in Trucks

tags: family, friendship, love, love-hurts, relationships, sisters

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“He doesn't bother to talk, and I don't either, but we look. We stare. And for a moment, I am sure of everything. For a second, with my bare feet on the fresh thick grass, there has not been, for any of us, even one mistake.”
― Katie Crouch, Girls in Trucks

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10 votes, 15.9%

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8 votes, 12.7%

Wonder

by R.J. Palacio

8 votes, 12.7%

Between Shades of Gray

by Ruta Sepetys

5 votes, 7.9%

The Farm

by Tom Rob Smith

4 votes, 6.3%

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

4 votes, 6.3%

Flight Behavior

by Barbara Kingsolver

4 votes, 6.3%

The Sisterhood of Blackberry Corner

by Andrea Smith

3 votes, 4.8%

The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August

by Claire North

3 votes, 4.8%

Abroad

by Katie Crouch

3 votes, 4.8%

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