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| Born | 1941 Nampa, Idaho |
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Donna Fletcher Crow (born 1941) is an American mystery writer known for historical Christian fiction. [1] [2] [3] [4] She lives in Boise, Idaho, but sets much of her work in England. [2] [4]
Crow was born in Nampa, Idaho in 1941. [5] She was an only child and grew up learning to ride horses. [3] Crow participated in competitive riding, winning the titles of Snake River Stampede Rodeo Queen in 1959 and Miss Rodeo Idaho in 1960, [6] and she was a runner up in the Miss Rodeo America 1960 competition. [3] Crow graduated from Northwest Nazarene College with a bachelor's in English literature in 1964 and afterwards, she taught English and drama in high school. [5]
Crow founded an alternative Wesleyan-Anglican church called Epworth Chapel on the Green. [3]
Crow promoted her nonfiction book, Recipes for the Protein Diet in 1972. [7] A reviewer for the Idaho Free Press felt that there was good variety among the recipes and the pictures were realistic and "mouth-watering." [8]
Crow's novel, Glastonbury: The Novel of Christian England, won the best historical novel of 1992 from the National Federation of Press Women. [5] Her work has been compared to Veronica Black and Carol Anne O'Marie by Library Journal . [9]
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