Tim Crothers's Books
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The Queen of KatweThe inspiring true story of Phiona Mutesi, who learned chess as an eleven-year-old in the slums of Uganda, becoming an international champion.Read More
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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,...
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...
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...
Foreign Policy Magazine, January 2, 2013
...national chess champion. Her amazing story is told in The Queen of Katwe, written by veteran sports journalist Tim Crothers, and is also being made into a film. This story, of a young girl and her mentor who started a chess group in the slums in order to...
Wyoming Public Radio, 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...
KTEP 88.5 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...
WNIJ, 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...
