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Three of Washington’s best-selling authors pay a visit to Garfield Book Company at PLU
October 23, 2008
Garth Stein, Thor Hanson, and Jennie Shortridge will be appearing at Garfield Book Company at PLU on November 5. Beginning at 7 p.m., the authors will be reading excerpts form each other’s books and raising pertinent questions of the audience. This is a rare event; very seldom do three best-selling authors gather in such an intimate venue, allowing for such personal interaction with the audience.
The Art of Racing in the Rain (Harper, 2008) is Garth Stein’s latest novel, which has proven to be a success. It has been translated into 18 different languages, is the current bestselling novel in the Northwest, and is the summer Starbucks Pick. Stein was not always a novelist though. He has also written a full-length play, Brother Jones, worked as a documentary filmmaker and has directed and/or produced several other films.
An award-winning writer as well as a naturalist, Thor Hanson, PhD has served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer for two years in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. This experience has led him to his new book, The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda (1500 Books, 2008). The book focuses on the efforts to preserve and protect mountain gorillas by working to develop a nascent gorilla-tracking program.
Accomplished fiction writer Jennie Shortridge’s resume includes such works as Riding with the Queen (NAL 2003), Eating Heaven (2005) and Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe (2008). In the past, her work has appeared in Glamour, Mademoiselle, and Natural Home. Shortridge has been hailed as “an accomplished and superior novelist,” and “a writer to watch out for.”
An award-winning writer as well as a naturalist, Thor Hanson, PhD has served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer for two years in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest. This experience has led him to his new book, The Impenetrable Forest: My Gorilla Years in Uganda (1500 Books, 2008). The book focuses on the efforts to preserve and protect mountain gorillas by working to develop a nascent gorilla-tracking program.
Accomplished fiction writer Jennie Shortridge’s resume includes such works as Riding with the Queen (NAL 2003), Eating Heaven (2005) and Love and Biology at the Center of the Universe (2008). In the past, her work has appeared in Glamour, Mademoiselle, and Natural Home. Shortridge has been hailed as “an accomplished and superior novelist,” and “a writer to watch out for.”