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David Guterson


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David Guterson is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist.

He is best known as the author of the novel Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), which won the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. To date it has sold nearly four million copies. It was adapted for a 1999 film of the same title, directed by Scott Hicks and starring Ethan Hawke. The film received an Academy Award nomination for cinematography. Guterson's subsequent novels are East of the Mountains (1999), Our Lady of the Forest (2003), and The Other (2008). He is also the author of a short story collection, The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind (1989) and of a book of essays on education called Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense (1992).
 

Genres: Literary Fiction
 
Novels
   Snow Falling on Cedars (1994)
   East of the Mountains (1999)
   Our Lady of the Forest (2003)
   The Other (2008)
   Ed King (2011)
   The Final Case (2022)
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Collections
   The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind (1989)
   Ten (1996) (with others)
   Songs for a Summons (poems) (2014)
   Problems with People (2014)
   Turn Around Time (poems) (2019)
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Series contributed to
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Non fiction show
 
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Awards
PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction Best Book winner (1995) : Snow Falling on Cedars


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