Culture
Book City: How 'Cloud Atlas' inspired author Jonathan Evison
Evison's "The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving" won a Northwest Book Award. How do his reading and experiences fuel his art?
Valerie Easton
Valerie Easton started her career as a librarian shelving books at Lake City Library when she was in high school. Now she writes full time, and has authored five books, includingThe New Low Maint
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Politics
ELF members gained nothing by the UW arson, and so much was lost
A former staff member of the University of Washington's Center for Urban Horticulture wonders why, seven years later, the crime makes no more sense than it did the morning Merrill Hall went up in flames.
Seattle & King County
Book City: Exploring David Brewster's reading habits
David Brewster has been a teacher, journalist and publisher. He remains a civic starter-upper. Since moving to Seattle in 1965
Seattle & King County
Book City: How Erik Larson picks his subjects
When the need for inspiration hits, the Seattle-based author sometimes just heads to Suzallo Library and pulls books from the stacks. Something works: He has already had four books on the NY Times' bestseller list.
Culture
Bookstore owner & author Peter Miller: It is not a time of great books
Book City: Miller has been an institution in the Seattle book business for 35 years. His picks for the best of the best in design, architecture and good reading.