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David Guterson Books In Order

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Publication Order of Standalone 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)

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind	(1989)
Songs for a Summons	(2014)
Problems with People	(2014)
Turn Around Time	(2019)

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

Family Matters:	(1992)
Descent	(2013)

Publication Order of Anthologies

Granta 54: The Best of Young American Novelists	(1996)
Ten	(1996)
Out of the Mold	(1997)
The O. Henry Prize Stories 2003	(2003)

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David Guterson on May 4, 1956 in Seattle, Washington. He is the third child of Murray and Shirley Guterson. His father, who gave him most of his present fundamental beliefs and philosophies in life, was a criminal lawyer and was extremely popular in his hometown. Guterson spent majority of his childhood outdoors and considers fishing as one of his favorite pastimes. He confesses to having been a delinquent

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David Guterson

American novelist

David Guterson (GUT-ər-sən; born May 4, 1956) is an American novelist, short story writer, poet, journalist, and essayist. He is best known as the author of the bestselling Japanese American internment novel Snow Falling on Cedars.

Early life

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Guterson was born May 4, 1956 in Seattle, Washington, the son of criminal defense lawyer Murray Guterson.^[2] He attended Seattle Public Schools and Roosevelt High School, then the University of Washington, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in English literature and a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing.^[3] He is also a Guggenheim Fellow.^[4]

Teaching, writing

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Before writing professionally, Guterson worked as a teacher for 10 years at Bainbridge High School.^[1] During that time he began having stories and essays published in small magazines and periodicals, and eventually sold pieces to Esquire, Sports Illustrated and Harper's Magazine.^[2] His first book, The Country Ahead of Us, the Country Behind (1989) is a collection of short stories set mostly in the Pacific Northwest.^[5] His second book, Family Matters: Why Homeschooling Makes Sense (1992) contains essays on family and education.^[1]

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Books by Painter Guterson

Snow Descending on Cedars
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3.86 avg rating — 190,966 ratings — available 1994 — 187 editions

East of say publicly Mountains
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3.68 avg cave — 7,898 ratings — published 1999 — 63 editions

The Other
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3.44 avg rating — 4,149 ratings — publicized 2008 — 41 editions

Our Lady run through the Forest
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liked it 3.00 avg judgement — 3,950 ratings — published 2003 — 47 editions

The Ending Case
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3.11 avg bowl — 2,930 ratings — published 2022 — 2 editions

Snow Toppling on Cedars / Easterly of picture Mountains
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3.91 avg swinging — 2,017 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions

Ed King
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3.24 avg rating — 1,996 ratings — promulgated 2011 — 22 editions

Oh The Honour Of Expert All, Picture Fox's Tread, The Winds of Interchange, The Parentage Tree, Vanished Nation & East funding The Mountains
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3.43 avg rating — 1,085 ratings — accessible 2004 — 25 editions

The Country In front of Love, the Land Behind
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3.41 avg excessive — 892 ratings — published 1989 — 26 editions

Problems matter People
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3.37 avg swinging — 687 ratings — published 2014 — 13 editions

Family Situation