Christopher E. Crowe, professor of English education at Brigham Young University, has been awarded the 2010 Ted Hipple Service Award from the Assembly on Literature for Adolescents (ALAN) for his contributions to the organization.
The award is named in honor of Ted Hipple, the first and longtime ALAN executive secretary who passed away in 2004. Hipple shaped ALAN through decades of service and support.
Crowe, a BYU alumni and former president of ALAN, has been teaching at BYU since 1993. He currently teaches courses in literature for adolescents, methods of teaching secondary English, writing for children and teenagers and creative writing.
In addition to teaching at BYU, Crowe has written many novels, short stories, pieces of fiction and articles. His work has been featured in the Provo Children's Book Festival, the New Era and in the book, "Sunshine for the Latter-day Saint Teenager's Soul."
— Amanda Mears