Garth Stein
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Garth Stein is an American author and film producer from Seattle, Washington. In 1991 he co-produced an Academy Award winning short film, "The Lunch Date". He has also published two novels, Raven Stole the Moon in 1998 and How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets in 2005, the latter of which won Stein a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award.[1] Also in 2005, a play he authored, Brother Jones, was produced in Los Angeles, California.[2]
Stein was born in Los Angeles but grew up in Seattle. He attended Columbia University, where he earned a B.A. in 1987 from its college and a Master of Fine Arts from the film school. He currently lives in Seattle.
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- ^ Davila, Florangela. "Living: Artist has full plate of accomplishments", The Seattle Times, 16 June 2005.
- ^ McCowan, Karen. "Award gratifying to writer of a novel about epilepsy", The Register-Guard, Eugene, Oregon, USA, 8 January 2006.