Meet Crystal Redford
Crystal Redford is the author of Starling Warrior, an inspirational nonfiction book about healing from sexual abuse. She lives in Mead, Washington with her husband and two sons. Her front room is her craft room, her garage is her woodshop, and her front yard is her garden. Her pets are the wild backyard birds and squirrels.
Why I wrote Starling Warrior
Defender of the flightless fledgling starling, cat-caught and dying.
I became the Starling Warrior the day I decided not just to remember my story but to scream, yell, and shout it.
I used to think I was the only Latter-day Saint who had ever been sexually abused.
I searched for someone who understood, someone who could walk me through this pain.
Where are the books for Latter-day Saints healing from sexual abuse?
In 2020, living in Utah,
I couldn't find them.
Alright, I said. Then
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I'll do it.
Four years of writing with my eyes closed,
the Savior's healing happening real-time on the page,
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