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Brien Crothers

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Brien writes adventure stories based on his many journeys near home and abroad.

If someone offered you a ticket to anywhere in the world, where would you go? Seems a fanciful question but it has inspired Brien to travel the world seeking one adventure after another for more than two decades.

He is currently working on a young adult travel adventure, a novel called Camino Child.

A novella with the backstory to Camino Child is available on briencrothers.com.

He has written for Ultrarunning Magazine and short stories, including one about a pink church in Switzerland, La Petite Cathédrale d’Elsie, which was published in the Napa Valley Writers 2021 anthology titled Third Harvest.

Under the pseudonym Chance Moon, Brien has also written and self-pub ...more

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	Camino Del Norte: 31 Days - 833 Kilometers - Camino de Santiago 3.91 avg rating — 22 ratings	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
	Camino Child 4.42 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2022 — 2 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
	Via De La Plata: 33 Days - 1006 Kilometers - Camino de Santiago 3.33 avg rating — 12 ratings	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
	Su Camino...: 20 Days - 785 Kilometers - Camino de Santiago A WHIMSICAL MIX OF PILGRIM RESOURCES AND CAMINO MUSINGS 3.25 avg rating — 8 ratings — 2 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
	Twist and Shout: AN AMERICAN LANDSCAPE SHORT STORY it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	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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	The Camp: a novella 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 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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