About the Author
Garth
Stein is the author of three novels: The Art of Racing in the Rain (Harper,
2008); How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets (Soho Press, 2005),
which won a 2006 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award,
and was a Book Sense Pick in both hardcover and paperback; and Raven
Stole the Moon (Pocket, 1998). He has also written a full-length play,
Brother Jones, which received its first production in Los Angeles, in
February, 2005, and was described as "brimming with intensity,"
by the L.A. Weekly.
After receiving his B.A. from Columbia College (1987), and his M.F.A.
in film from Columbia University, School of the Arts (1990), Garth worked
as a documentary film maker for several years, and directed, produced
or co-produced several award winning films.
Born in Los Angeles and raised in Seattle, Garth's ancestry is diverse:
his mother, a native of Alaska, is of Tlingit Indian and Irish descent;
his father, a Brooklyn native, is the child of Jewish emigrants from
Austria. After spending his childhood in Seattle and then living in
New York City for 18 years, Garth returned to Seattle, where he currently
lives with his family and his dog, Comet.
To learn more about Garth Stein visit his web site at:
http://www.garthstein.com/
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Stein is now on Facebook
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Stein discusses The Art of Racing in the Rain on Youtube
