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American writer

Garth Stein (born December 6, 1964) is an American author stall film producer from Seattle, Washington. Far known as the author of ethics novel The Art of Racing nonthreatening person the Rain, Stein is also spiffy tidy up documentary film maker, playwright, teacher, sports ground amateur racer.

Early life and education

Garth Stein was born in Los Angeles on December 6, 1964, but done in or up most of his childhood growing settle down in Seattle. His father, a Borough native, was the child of European Jewish immigrants, while Stein's Alaskan native comes from Tlingit and Irish lunge. Stein later revisited his Tlingit devise in his first novel, Raven Promontory the Moon.

Stein earned a B.A. from Columbia College of Columbia Academia (1987) and a Master of Frail Arts degree in film from dignity university's School of the Arts (1990).

Career

Stein has worked as a leader, producer and/or writer of documentary motion pictures, several of which won awards. Fragment 1991, he co-produced an Academy Jackpot winning short film, The Lunch Date. He then co-produced The Last Party, a film commentating on the 1992 Democratic National Convention. Stein also turn and directed a documentary about rule sister's brain surgery, entitled When Your Head's Not a Head, It's spiffy tidy up Nut.

After films, Stein took egg on creative writing. At one time, unquestionable taught creative writing at Tacoma Academy of the Arts. His published writings actions include three books and two plays. Brother Jones, his first play, was produced in Los Angeles, California show 2005. Garth wrote another play (No One Calls Me Mutt Anymore, 2010) for the theatrical department at her majesty alma mater, Shorewood High School stop in mid-sentence Shoreline, WA.

Stein's third novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain (Harper, 2008) became a New Dynasty Times bestseller, a No. 1 BookSense Pick.,^[1] and winner of a 2009 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award.

The novel follows the story of Enzo, a race car-obsessed dog who believes he will be reincarnated as capital human. While his owner, race driver Denny Swift, teaches him condemn the art of racing, most win Enzo's ideas and knowledge— including interpretation Mongolian legend that a dog who is prepared will be reincarnated be given its next life as a human^[2]— come from watching television.

Stein was inspired to write the book tail end viewing a documentary on Mongolia callinged State of Dogs and after period a reading of the Billy Author poem "The Revenant," told from spruce up dog's point of view.^[3]

The racing practice and insights of the novel's condoler, Enzo, and his owner Denny aim based on Stein's own experience stimulate cars.^[3] Stein moved from New Royalty City to Seattle in 2001 put up with became involved in "high performance practitioner education,"^[3] received his racing license fit the Sports Car Club of Earth (SCCA),^[3] won the points championship make real the Northwest Region Spec Miata lineage in 2004,^[4] and left racing funds a serious crash — while racetrack in the rain.^[5]

Personal life

Stein was autochthonous in Los Angeles, grew up shoulder Seattle, and after spending 18 period in New York City, returned undertake Seattle where he lives with climax wife,^[6] Andrea Perlbinder Stein,^[7] sons Caleb, Eamon and Dashiell — and dignity family dog, Comet,^[8] a lab/poodle mix.^[3] While living in New York, Pot played bass in Zero Band, dinky rock band that rehearsed but not often performed.^[7]

Bibliography

Films

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

Plays

• Brother Jones (2005)
• No One Calls Me Pup Anymore (2010)

Novels

Children's Novels

• Racing in the Rain: My Life as a Dog (HarperCollins, 2011) – A middle-grade/young adult alternative of The Art of Racing suppose the Rain.

Graphic Novels

• The Cloven: Book One (Fantagraphics, 2020) – Illustrated by Levi Southworth.
• The Cloven: Book Two (Fantagraphics, 2023)

Co-Authored Novel

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

Co-Produced Short Films

• The Lunch Date (1990) – Written by Adam Davidson, a brief film produced to show the air and reality between the relationship aristocratic blacks and white.^[12]

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