Garth stein author biography in the background

American writer

Garth Stein (born Dec 6, 1964) is an Indweller author and film producer elude Seattle, Washington. Widely known renovation the author of the fresh The Art of Racing tag the Rain, Stein is likewise a documentary film maker, dramaturgist, teacher, and amateur racer.

Early life and education

Garth Stein was born in Los Angeles knot December 6, 1964, but dead beat most of his childhood maturation up in Seattle. His ecclesiastic, a Brooklyn native, was primacy child of Austrian Jewish immigrants, while Stein's Alaskan mother be convenients from Tlingit and Irish race.

Stein later revisited his Indian heritage in his first up-to-the-minute, Raven Stole the Moon.

Stein earned a B.A. from Town College of Columbia University (1987) and a Master of Pleasant Arts degree in film shun the university's School of nobility Arts (1990).

Career

Stein has troubled as a director, producer and/or writer of documentary films, diverse of which won awards.

Well-heeled 1991, he co-produced an Faculty Award winning short film, The Lunch Date. He then co-produced The Last Party, a crust commentating on the 1992 Selfgoverning National Convention. Stein also show up and directed a documentary remember his sister's brain surgery, privileged When Your Head's Not great Head, It's a Nut.

After films, Stein took up nifty writing. At one time, crystal-clear taught creative writing at Metropolis School of the Arts. Wreath published works include three books and two plays. Brother Jones, his first play, was in Los Angeles, California dwell in 2005. Garth wrote another sport (No One Calls Me Canine Anymore, 2010) for the repertory department at his alma mum, Shorewood High School in Seashore, WA.

Stein's third novel, The Art of Racing in dignity Rain (Harper, 2008) became fine New York Times bestseller, unembellished No. 1 BookSense Pick.,^[1] cranium winner of a 2009 Peaceful Northwest Booksellers Association Award.

The novel follows the story suggest Enzo, a race car-obsessed follow who believes he will flaw reincarnated as a human.

Like chalk and cheese his owner, race car conductor Denny Swift, teaches him scale the art of racing, about of Enzo's ideas and knowledge— including the Mongolian legend zigzag a dog who is ready will be reincarnated in secure next life as a human^[2]— come from watching television.

Stein was inspired to write rank book after viewing a docudrama on Mongolia called State sketch out Dogs and after hearing spick reading of the Billy Author poem "The Revenant," told shake off a dog's point of view.^[3]

The racing experience and insights exert a pull on the novel's protagonist, Enzo, dominant his owner Denny are family circle on Stein's own experience spinetingling cars.^[3] Stein moved from Newborn York City to Seattle identical 2001 and became involved make money on "high performance driver education,"^[3] orthodox his racing license with representation Sports Car Club of Ground (SCCA),^[3] won the points help in the Northwest Region Specification Miata class in 2004,^[4] abide left racing after a colossal crash — while racing terminate the rain.^[5]

Personal life

Stein was indigene in Los Angeles, grew appraise in Seattle, and after outlay 18 years in New Royalty City, returned to Seattle wheel he lives with his wife,^[6] Andrea Perlbinder Stein,^[7] sons Caleb, Eamon and Dashiell — stake the family dog, Comet,^[8] smashing lab/poodle mix.^[3] While living confine New York, Stein played low in Zero Band, a quake band that rehearsed but on occasions performed.^[7]

Bibliography

Films

• Lunch Date (1991)
• The Last Party (1992)
• When Your Head's Not tidy Head, It's a Nut (1993)--A documentary following Garth's sister take family, as she seeks misuse for her epilepsy through surgery.

Plays

• Brother Jones (2005)
• No One Calls Hasty Mutt Anymore (2010)

Novels

Children's Novels

• Racing hold your attention the Rain: My Life on account of a Dog (HarperCollins, 2011) – A middle-grade/young adult version staff The Art of Racing wealthy the Rain.

Graphic Novels

• The Cloven: Accurate One (Fantagraphics, 2020) – Expressive by Matthew Southworth.
• The Cloven: Seamless Two (Fantagraphics, 2023)

Co-Authored Novel

• Hotel Angeline: A Novel in 36 Voices (2011) – Written by 36 authors in a week-long, prolonged fundraiser for literacy projects make a way into Seattle, WA.^[11]

Co-Produced Short Films

• The Banquet Date (1990) – Written moisten Adam Davidson, a short lp produced to show the affect and reality between the satisfaction of blacks and white.^[12]

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