The archive

A life on stage, and on the page

Photographs spanning the performing years, the writing years, and everything the two memoirs describe.

Demo imagery — replace with Crystal's own photographs before launch.

Archival photograph of a stage performance watched by a seated audience in hats — The theatre years

Dancers rehearsing on a darkened stage, photographed in black and white — Rehearsal, unlit

A vintage typewriter on a writing desk under warm lamplight — Where the second book was written

Performers on a lit theatre stage in front of red curtains — Curtain up

A tall stack of antique leather books in a dimly lit library — The reading years

Dancers in flowing blue dresses performing outdoors in daylight — Still moving

An open handwritten journal with light falling across its pages — First drafts

A bundle of old letters tied with twine beside a fountain pen and inkwell — Letters she kept

A stack of worn leather-bound books resting on a wooden table — Books that got her through

A row of ornate gilded antique book spines — A shelf of her own

Shelves of aged hardback books seen straight on — The library, Palm Beach

A dimly lit wall of weathered antique books — After hours

In her own voice

Readings and interviews

Conversations about the memoir, collected on her channel.

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A row of ornate gilded antique book spines

Out now

The secrets are out. You may as well read them.

Published 13 May 2026 by Brookscraft Publishing. ISBN 978-1-9696-8262-9.

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