David Guterson
American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist
About David Guterson
Born 1956. David Guterson is an American writer, novelist, journalist and screenwriter.
Teaching, writing Before writing professionally, Guterson worked as a teacher for 10 years at Bainbridge High School.
Snow Falling on Cedars, subsequent work Guterson is best known as the author of Snow Falling on Cedars (1994), for which he received the 1995 PEN/Faulkner Award. To date, it has sold nearly four million copies and was adapted into the 1999 film of the same title.
His subsequent novels include East of the Mountains (1999), and have five children and three grandchildren.
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American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist
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David Guterson was born on 4 May 1956 in Seattle.
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David Guterson is a writer, novelist, journalist and screenwriter.
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