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Tim Crothers is an American author. He attended the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...
, writing for the school paper, ''
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''. He was the former senior writer at ''
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''. He has authored ''The Queen of Katwe'', a book about the Ugandan junior woman chess master Phiona Mutesi. This book was selected by
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for Best American Nonrequired Reading and favorably reviewed by ''
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''. He also co-authored ''Hard Work: A Life On and Off the Court'', which rose to #15 on ''The New York Times'' Best Seller list. This book is a biography of Roy Williams (who also co-authored the book). Williams was the North Carolina Tar Heels basketball coach and became the highest winning percentage among all active college coaches.


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review of ''Hard Work: A Life on and off the Court''
on ''
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