Crystal is no stranger to the rain! She was born in Ocean Falls B.C., and spent her childhood in Qualicum Beach on Vancouver Island.

Torn between her fascination with real people and the ones that exist through stories, her education has been a balancing act between studying English Literature and Psychology.

Crystal spent several years as a professional fundraiser for non-profit societies, and travelling around BC doing workshkops on goal setting, teambuilding and event planing and promotion for student groups.

After two years of living in Ireland, where she completed a Masters Degree in Health Psychology, Crystal has returned to Canada and is settled in downtown Vancouver with her extremely supportive other half who is also a writer (and just crazy enough to think starting a publishing company would be fun! ).  Crystal has expanded her workshop list to include writing workshops for children and adults, health/wellness workshops for children and adults and is available for one-to-one stress management and goal setting sessions in the Vancouver area.

For more information about current projects, or booking workshops / readings and presentations, please check out Crystal's new website: www.crystalstranaghan.com


Favourite picture books:

• Oh the Places You’ll Go by Dr. Seuss
• Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
• The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
• Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by WIlliam Steig
• The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko
• The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith

Favourite quotes:

“The highways of life are full of flat squirrels who couldn’t make up their minds.” -unknown

“...the hours when the mind is absorbed by beauty are the only hours when we really live.”  -Richard Jeffries

“You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die, or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live, now.” -Joan Baez

Literary influences: Jane Austen, LM Montgomery, Tim Wynne-Jones, Alice Munro, Cynthia Voigt, Dr. Seuss, Robert Munch

 

SPECIAL THANKS TO IZABELA BZYMEK FOR THE WATERCOLOUR PORTRAIT!