Cheryl howard crew biography for kids
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When Jackie Collins finally got around to updating her early- eighties classic, “Hollywood Wives,” in 2001, she took care to insure that “Hollywood Wives: The New Generation” would reflect certain significant shifts in the culture of Los Angeles. To that end, Karen, Elaine, and Sadie, with their modern-dance classes, marabou-trimmed pajamas, and lunches at Ma Maison, were replaced by Taylor, Lissa, and Nicci, who prefer Pilates, low-rider jeans, and the Ivy. But, for all these careful anthropological alterations, Collins overlooked the modern Hollywood wife’s latest occupation: novel-writing.
Among the newly minted authors who are married to celebrated filmmakers is Cheryl Howard, wife of Ron, who joins Gigi Levangie Grazer (wife of Brian) and Linda Bruckheimer (wife of Jerry) on the shelves with this month’s publication of “In the Face of Jinn,” a geopolitical thriller-cum-love story set in Central Asia. Howard—she writes under the pen name Cheryl Howard Crew, the “Crew” having be
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Cheryl Howard Crew
Cheryl Howard Crew was born and raised in Southern California. Although she grew up with two sisters, she admits to being a tomboy at heart thanks to her adventurous father. A chemical and aerospace engineer,an astronomer, a marksman, and a mountain climber, Cheryl’s father (at the time of his death) was also purported to be the oldest competitive aerobatic pilot in the world
Her dad also influenced her love of travel. Cheryl has always been fascinated by various cultures and their histories, and has traveled extensively throughout Europe, as well as Japan, New Zealand, Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Egypt, South Africa, Argentina, Uruguay, Australia, and Mexico. Her travels to Central Asia in 1996 and ‘97 inspired her to write IN THE FACE OF JINN.
Cheryl discovered writing after receiving a B.A. in Psychology from California State University at Northridge. After completing a two-year writing fellowship at the American Film Institute, she landed an agent follo
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Crew, Cheryl Howard 1954(?)–
(Cheryl Howard)
PERSONAL: Born c. 1954, in CA; married Ron Howard (a film director), 1975; children: Reed, Paige, Jocelyn, Bryce.
ADDRESSES: Home—Armonk, fräsch. Agent—c/o Author Mail, St. Martin's Press, 175 5th Ave., New York, fräsch 10010.
CAREER: Writer.
AWARDS, HONORS:Eleanor Roosevelt Award, 2005, for In the Face of Jinn.
WRITINGS:
In the Face of Jinn (novel), St. Martin's Press (New York, NY), 2005.
SIDELIGHTS: Cheryl Howard Crew traveled to India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan in 1996–97 in order to research her first book. During her trip she stayed with Pakistani villagers and was smuggled into the fjärrstyrd Northwest frontier on the Pakistani-Afghan border. Her travels, which occurred before the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan, introduced her to some of the tribal life in huvud Asia and the plight of women, who were subjugated beneath the rule of the Taliban and Afghan warlords. Her novel In the Face of Jinn tells the story of Chris